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Tweets for 2008-08-08

2008/08/08 VirusHead Comments 2 comments

Reading: “Georgia ‘under attack’ as Russian tanks roll in – CNN.com” ( http://tinyurl.com/64yox3 ) # Reading: Take Action to Protect America’s Oceans and Fisheries ( http://tinyurl.com/6yusra ) # Reading: “Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time | War on Iraq | AlterNet” ( http://tinyurl.com/5tnyrh ) # Reading: “Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law? | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet” ( http://tinyurl.com/6xwcpr ) # Reading: “More Details on Bush Admin Iraq Forgery Allegations | War on Iraq…

Still no Oversight or Accountability for Contractors in Iraq

2007/08/01 VirusHead Comments 1 comment

Another must-read, by Jeremy Scahill from today’s U.K. Guardian, “A very private war.” Four years into the occupation, there is absolutely no effective system of oversight or accountability governing contractors and their operations. They have not been subjected to military justice, and only two cases have ever reached US civilian courts, under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, which covers some contractors working abroad. (One man was charged with stabbing a fellow contractor, in a case that has yet to go…

Iraq for Sale

2006/06/17 VirusHead Comments 0 Comment

Private military contractors are earning billions of dollars in Iraq — much of it from U.S. taxpayers. “Lucrative U.S. government contracts go to firms called on to provide security for projects and personnel — jobs that in previous conflicts have been done by the military” (and under military regulations). From Hunter at Daily Kos, on the Aegis contractor video (complete with Elvis soundtrack): And so the circle — or spiral — continues. For those with short memories, it was the…

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