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Jeremy ScahillĀ is the author of the best-selling Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. Nation Books released his second book, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, in 2013. He is the writer, with David Riker, and a producer of the documentary feature filmĀ Dirty Wars, released by IFC Films in 2013.
Blackwater's infamous founder is building a mercenary army in the United Arab Emirates.
Some call them “Murder, Incorporated.” Others say they're America's counterterrorism ”ace in the hole.” JSOC is the elite Special Ops force that has been at the tip of the spear from Bush to Obama.
As President Saleh’s corrupt regime teeters on the brink of collapse, the US belatedly backs reform in Yemen.
If President Saleh falls, the US will have lost a pliant partner in its “global war on terror.”
Former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz has tried to use Sharia law to fight lawsuits alleging corporate misconduct that led to deaths of US servicemen.
Now will Obama actively encourage cable networks to end Bush administration–inspired censorship of the network?
A confidential cable, released by Wikileaks, from the US embassies in Afghanistan and Pakistan reveals that US diplomats were asked for intelligence on refugee camps "for targeting purposes."