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Surprise Surprise, Halliburton Used Shell Companies To Get Contracts
THE NEW YORK TIMES by James Risen and Mark Mazzetti WASHINGTON — Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, according to Congressional investigators and former […]
MoreHell ~ 15 More Dead Americans in Iraq/Afghanistan: This Week | 78 Iraqi Citizens: Iraq Body Count
Service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan: US Army SPC Ryan J Grady, 25, Bristow, OK US Air Force Capt David A Wisniewski, 31, Moville, IA US Army SGT Louis R Fastuca, 24, West Chester, PA US Army SPC Clayton D McGarrah, 20, Harrison, AR US Army PFC David Jefferson, 23, Philadelphia, PA US Army […]
MoreState Dept. Extends Blackwater Contract in Iraq
Raw Story By Stephen C. Webster Published: September 2, 2009 The mercenary group formerly known as Blackwater International, which was banned from Iraq by its government after a Baghdad massacre which killed 17 civilians, will see its contract extended in the country by the U.S. State Department, according to a published report. ABC News reporter […]
MoreContractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
September 2, 2009 New York Times By JAMES GLANZ Civilian contractors working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan not only outnumber the uniformed troops, according to a report by a Congressional research group, but also form the highest ratio of contractors to military personnel recorded in any war in the history of the United States. On […]
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