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Using Overview to analyze 4500 pages of documents on security contractors in Iraq
Using Overview to analyze 4500 pages of documents on security contractors in Iraq by Jonathan Stray on 02/21/2012 0 This post describes how we used a prototype of the Overview software to explore 4,500 pages of incident reports concerning the … Continue reading
Diplomatic row brewing over killing of fishermen off Kerala
Diplomatic row brewing over killing of fishermen off Kerala S. Anandan Italian Ambassador Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte addresses the media after he was summoned by the External Affairs Ministry on Thursday in connection with the killing of two fishermen by … Continue reading
What did private security contractors do in Iraq?
What did private security contractors do in Iraq? by Jonathan Stray on 02/21/2012 0 The U.S. employed more private contractors in Iraq than in any previous war, at times exceeding the number of regular military personnel, and roughly 10% of … Continue reading
Private Military Contractor Deaths on Rise Despite Declining Troop Presence Abroad
Private Military Contractor Deaths on Rise Despite Declining Troop Presence Abroad February 16, 2012 Janessa Schilmoeller (MintPress)—Private Security Contractor (PSC) deaths are on the rise as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan. In 2010, civilian contractor deaths exceeded U.S. … Continue reading
Shipboard Security Teams and the Rules of Engagement
Shipboard Security Teams and the Rules of Engagement By gCaptain Staff On February 17, 2012 By Captain Rich Madden February 15, 2012 will be a date many in the maritime security industry will remember for a long time. It was … Continue reading
Blood Money
Blood Money More than 200 soldiers are suing KBR for knowingly exposing them to toxic chemicals in Iraq, whose effects started with nose bleeds and could end with cancer. KBR says that didn’t happen. But even if it did, the … Continue reading
Risks of Afghan War Shift From Soldiers to Contractors
New York Times, February 11, 2012 Risks of Afghan War Shift From Soldiers to Contractors By ROD NORDLAND KABUL, Afghanistan — Even dying is being outsourced here. This is a war where traditional military jobs, from mess hall cooks to … Continue reading
Davies v Global Strategies and another
Davies v Global Strategies and another Queen’s Bench Division [2009] EWHC 2342 (QB); [2009] All ER (D) 139 (Sep) 25 September 2009 CATCHWORDS: Negligence – Causation – Breach of duty – Private company providing security services in Iraq – Deceased … Continue reading
The Consequences of Pursuit of Profit
By David Isenberg Reduced to its essentials every argument and debate about the use of private military and security contractors comes down to two words; outsourcing and privatization. The argument is simply whether they are good and bad. Personally I … Continue reading
Five men killed in shooting in Afghanistan: official
Five men killed in shooting in Afghanistan: official KABUL: An Afghan official says a shooting in the southern city of Kandahar has left five dead, including two police officers and three private security guards. A spokesman for the governor’s office, … Continue reading