Showing posts with label military contractors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military contractors. Show all posts
Sunday, January 2, 2022

Pentagon Projected To Hand $407 Billion to Private Military Contractors In 2022

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Because ~55% of military spending goes to contractors, arms companies will likely get more money from Biden’s Pentagon budget than the publi...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

The Growth Of Private Contractors To Support Foreign U.S. Military Operations

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GK Sierra Security Contractors in Afghanistan. Wikipedia Micah Zenko, Foreign Policy : Mercenaries Are the Silent Majority of Obama’s M...
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Monday, March 7, 2016

American Military Contractors In Yemen

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Dyncorp will be replacing Academi, formerly known as Blackwater. (AFP/File) Al Bawaba : New American private military contractors arriv...
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Thursday, June 6, 2013

What Are 108,000 Private Contractors Doing In Afghanistan?

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108000 Private Contractors Are in Afghanistan and We Have No Idea What Theyre Doing 108,000 Private Contractors Are In Afghanistan and...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Wars May Be Ending, But Military And Security Contractors Are Still Servicing And Sacrificing

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Contractors in War Zones: Not Exactly “Contracting” -- Time U.S. military forces may be out of Iraq, but the unsung and unrecognized pa...
Monday, November 14, 2011

The Return Of U.S. Military Contractors To Iraq

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U.S. Hiring Mercenary Air Force for Iraq Rescues -- Danger Room It’s January 2012. A convoy of SUVs ferrying American diplomats to a meeting...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Partying Not Permitted In Afghanistan

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The guard who spoke with ABC News said the drunken parties had been held regularly for at least a year and a half. (Courtesy of Project on G...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Contractor Casualties Are Now Out Pacing Military Casualties In U.S. Wars

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More Contractors Than Troops Now Dying in U.S. Wars -- Time Magazine Well, here's something you figured would happen eventually: during ...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

America's Covert War In South America

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Private Contractors And Covert Wars In South America -- Al Jazeerah U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) threatened to issue subpoenas agai...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

What Is The Real Casualty Toll In Afghanistan

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In this photograph taken Jan. 31, 2007, Afghan men are trained by U.S. military contractors during a exercise in the southern town of Qalat,...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Defence Official Hired Freelance Spies

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Image: A US official organized a network of private contractors to kill Islamic militants, The New York Times has said. Photo AFP Contractor...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

New Rules For U.S. Contractors In War Zones

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Jamie Leigh Jones has returned to Washington from Houston. Photo from ABC News Plight Of Contractor Raped In Iraq Spurs Push In Congress -- ...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

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Security forces walk at the site of a suicide attack outside the NATO military headquarters and US embassy in Kabul . Photo AFP From the New...

Steroids, Drink And Paranoia: The Murky World Of The Private Security Contractor

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An ArmorGroup security officer stands guard. Contractors claim their employers have little regard for their mental health. GETTY From The In...
Friday, August 21, 2009

C.I.A. Said To Use Outsiders To Put Bombs On Drones

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From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — From a secret division at its North Carolina headquarters, the company formerly known as Blackwater ha...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

GM Collapse Would Be No Big Deal To The Military

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From Nukes And Spooks: Dear readers: It seems that everything these days centers around the ongoing economic crisis, even national security ...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Dogs Of War: Blue On White

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Photo from ABC News From The Middle East Times: WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- If, as most people expect, private military and security contr...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

How U.S. Military Contractors Get The Business

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"If they can't characterize what's going on in Iraq in an honest fashion, we can't begin to address the problem," said...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Contractors Expand As Conscription Fades

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Blackwater training Grounds From Strategy Page: September 26, 2008: The use of civilian contractors to support combat troops is becoming inc...