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CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- Private security guards from an Australian-run firm opened fire on a white sedan in downtown Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon, killing two Iraqi Christian women who were driving home from work. The killings came at a time of unprecedented scrutiny into the.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Aug 12, 2007 @ 11:37am neoform

Washington Post -- There are now nearly as many private contractors in Iraq as there are U.S. soldiers _ and a large percentage of them are private security guards equipped with automatic weapons, body armor, helicopters and bullet-proof trucks. They operate with little.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Apr 2, 2007 @ 11:15pm neoform

CNN -- President Hugo Chavez warned that his government could take over private hospitals if they continue raising prices for care. Chavez made the remark during a speech Monday at the presidential palace, saying if private hospitals "keep speculating, increa.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Mar 5, 2007 @ 10:12pm neoform

USA Today -- Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Dec 8, 2006 @ 11:16am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Oct 9, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

BBC News -- Iraq has demanded that the US end its association with private security firm Blackwater within six months. It accuses Blackwater guards of having deliberately fired on Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring more than 20. The government has demande.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- The Iraqi government said Tuesday it would review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in a fatal shooting of civilians threatened to spread to other firms providing protection for dignitaries an.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 8:28am neoform

BBC News -- Iraq has cancelled the licence of the private security contractor, Blackwater USA, after it was involved in a gunfight that killed eight civilians. The Iraqi interior ministry said the firm, based in North Carolina, was now banned from operating anywhe.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Jul 5, 2007 @ 10:34am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- New U.S. data show how heavily the Bush administration has relied on corporations to carry out the occupation of the war-torn nation. The number of U.S.-paid private contractors in Iraq now exceeds that of American combat troops, newly released figures.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sat Jun 16, 2007 @ 10:22am neoform

Washington Post -- Private security companies, funded by billions of dollars in U.S. military and State Department contracts, are fighting insurgents on a widening scale in Iraq, enduring daily attacks, returning fire and taking hundreds of casualties that have been underre.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Apr 15, 2007 @ 3:19am neoform

Washington Post -- On the afternoon of July 8, 2006, four private security guards rolled out of Baghdad's Green Zone in an armored SUV. The team leader, Jacob C. Washbourne, rode in the front passenger seat. He seemed in a good mood. His vacation started the next day. "I.. Read More