Iraq repeatedly attempting to assert its sovereignty has been demanding changes and terminating the Blackwater era is one of them. The State Department will not renew Blackwater Worldwide’s contract to protect American...
Read MoreToday at 7:00 PM ET or 4:00 PM here on the left coast you can view a live feed of Town Hall in New York City. Panelists include four noted journalists, Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker, Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestselling...
Read MoreThe big argument about war funding is always that we cannot abandon the troops. Absolutely, there isn’t a soul I know that wants to see the troops stranded. Unfortunately they have been stranded in Iraq from the very...
Read MoreVeteran running for Congress against ‘freedom fries’ Republican Walter Jones who now opposes the Iraq war, Marshall Adame has gained the ire of Blackwater. Openly voicing criticism over conduct he personally...
Read MoreUS military forces, having been stretched thin protecting global oil resources, are also one of the largest oil consumers effectively fighting wars for oil to fuel wars. This disastrous course has led to a foreign policy that...
Read MoreWashington Post reports today that a grand jury has been impaneled to investigate other criminal acts by security contractors in Iraq, which according to one source are common. Private security companies in Iraq “have been...
Read MoreJoint Urban Operations Office at US Joint Forces Command held a Joint Urban Operations, 2007 last month in DC. Nick Turse has written an in depth article about it at Asia Times. Apparently, the Pentagon has determined that urban...
Read MoreFor anyone foolishly believing that Iraq had a say in its own affairs the Blackwater controversy proves otherwise. From the NYTimes Blackwater USA has been involved in a far higher rate of shootings while guarding American...
Read MoreAmy Goodman interviews Jeremy Scahill and Doug Brooks
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