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Obama's Mercenary Position (Barack Obama, Blackwater, US Wars and Military Action, War Profiteering)

He calls private security forces "unaccountable" but may use them in Iraq. Meanwhile, Clinton wants to ban them. UPDATED

Jeremy Scahill
Cashing In on Terror (War on Terrorism, War Profiteering)

What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.

Robert Scheer
Making a Killing (Blackwater, US Wars and Military Action, War Profiteering)

Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?

Jeremy Scahill
Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law (Blackwater, US Wars and Military Action, War Profiteering)

Acting with impunity and immune from prosecution, a shadow army funded by US taxpayers is fueling the spiraling violence in Iraq.

Jeremy Scahill
The Mercenary Factor (US Wars and Military Action, War Profiteering)

Who elected Blackwater and other hired guns to rule the world? The banning of Blackwater in Iraq sheds more light on the checkbook imperialism fueling Bush's state of perpetual war.

Robert Scheer

Blogs

A New Politics That Rejects Austerity and Wars of Whim
John Nichols
May 17, 2012
McCain Wanted to Give Obama Greater War Powers, but Democratic Senators Appear to Have Rejected the Folly
John Nichols

Defenders of the Constitution should thank antiwar activists who succeeded in getting the Senate to drop language that would have dramatically extended the warmaking powers of presidents. Bizarrely, the prime backers of the move, which would have made Obama fare freer to wage wars of whim, were Republicans.

July 7, 2011
Lawmakers Ask Hillary Clinton to Explain Erik Prince's Mercenaries in the UAE
Jeremy Scahill

“The implications of allowing a US citizen to assemble a legion in any foreign country, and especially in a combustible region like the Middle East, are serious and wide-ranging,” they allege.

May 23, 2011
Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater's Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran?
Nation in the News

Blackwater's Erik Prince is building an army of mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates. One that includes no Muslims. What is going on here?

May 17, 2011
Torturism, the New Birtherism
The Notion

Whether or not torture procured any clues leading to bin Laden’s death, Trump's birther base can obsess over it, magnifying every rumor out of all proportion.

May 5, 2011
US, UK Meddling in Cairo
Bob Dreyfuss

London is peddling weapons to Egypt's military. Already.

February 21, 2011
Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No
Bob Dreyfuss

A coalition of liberals, antiwar activists, Tea Party types and deficit hawks are getting out the axe for the Pentagon's bloated budget.

February 16, 2011
US Businessman: Blackwater Paid Me to Buy Steroids and Weapons on Black Market for its Shooters
Jeremy Scahill

The businessman also alleges he witnessed Blackwater's cocaine- and hashish-laced "frat parties gone wild" and random shooting at Iraqi civilians.

September 23, 2010
Lost Billions in Iraq
The Notion

If public schools or Medicare providers were held to the same standards as military contractors, they'd never have to beg for cash.

July 29, 2010
DoD Investigating Nine Cases of "Terrorism-Related Acts" by US Military and Contractors?
Jeremy Scahill

The Pentagon's Inspector General won't comment on details of the investigations.

May 27, 2010
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