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Monthly Archives: December 2010
WikiLeaks XXV: Security Firms in Iraq Making a Killing (Figuratively in This Case)
WikiLeaks XXV: Security Firms in Iraq Making a Killing (Figuratively in This Case) By Michael Busch, December 29, 2010 According to an embassy cable written earlier this year, and released last week by the Guardian as part of its WikiLeaks … Continue reading
Tamimi 1, KBR 0
Tamimi 1, KBR 0 Huffington Post, December 29, 2010 10:19 PM By David Isenberg
DynCorp Employee Honored for Heroic Efforts in Afghanistan
DynCorp Employee Honored for Heroic Efforts in Afghanistan Posted by John Adams on December 29, 2010 . Leave a Comment DynCorp International police trainer James Boyd will be recognized in the “100 Faces of War Experience” portrait in honor of … Continue reading
Get pregnant, get fired!” says former Halliburton employee
Get pregnant, get fired!” says former Halliburton employee December 29, 2010 – Ms Sparky Lawyer Says Dallas Woman Sued Halliburton After She Violated “Policy Against Procreation” A Dallas woman filed suit against Halliburton last week claiming she was fired after … Continue reading
Murder trial for British contractor opens in Iraq
Murder trial for British contractor opens in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) – The trial of a British security contractor charged with killing two of his colleagues last year opened Wednesday in Baghdad with testimony from a guard who said the contractor … Continue reading
Ex-guard sues military contractor over bonus
Ex-guard sues military contractor over bonus By BRETT BARROUQUERE – Dec 28, 2010 3:49 PM ET By The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A former security guard at Fort Campbell is suing one of the U.S. government’s largest private … Continue reading
Private firm trains Somalis to scuttle pirates Muslim nation financing effort
Private firm trains Somalis to scuttle pirates Muslim nation financing effort By Eli Lake The Washington Times 8:31 p.m., Tuesday, December 28, 2010 Somalia’s transitional government is using private security firms and Arab governments to train and fund a paramilitary … Continue reading
Stolen hard drives put former Iraq firefighters at risk
Stolen hard drives put former Iraq firefighters at risk December 28, 2010 – Ms Sparky On December 9, Wackenhut Services, LLC (WSLLC) President David W. Foley sent a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and informed them that: … Continue reading
$100 Million Drug-War Garrison Approved for U.S.-Mexican Border
$100 Million Drug-War Garrison Approved for U.S.-Mexican Border Posted by Bill Conroy – December 22, 2010 at 5:56 pm Complex Will Prepare Soldiers, Law Enforcers to Cope with Mexican Civil War, Founder Says A small county board in southern California … Continue reading
Correspondent’s diary: The wrong trousers
Correspondent’s diary: The wrong trousers Dec 28th 2010, 16:04 by S.A. | FREETOWN THE staffers at the American embassy in Freetown do not favour the term mercenary. However, the instructors training Sierra Leone’s army through America’s Africa Contingency Operations Training … Continue reading