Baba Amro is now under the control of the Syrian army… and around 700 Arab and Western gunmen surrendered there, well-informed sources told Al-Manar website. For his part, Syrian expert in strategic affairs Salim Harba pointed out that “the captured gunmen held Arab nationalities, including Gulf, Iraqi, and Lebanese… among them were also Qatari intelligence […]
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Mossad CIA and Blackwater involved in Syria
March 12, 2012The staggering billion dollar defense industry
December 10, 2011The US government spent a staggering $US687 billion on “defense” last year. Think what could be done with that money if it were put into hospitals, schools or to pay off foreclosed mortgages. The US, under George W. Bush, decided to privatize the invasion of Iraq by employing “contractors” such as the Blackwater company, now […]
Raymond Davis CIA beyond a shadow of doubt
February 22, 2011Raymond Davis, the American “diplomat” who shot dead two men on a Lahore street, triggering a diplomatic crisis between Pakistan and the United States, is a CIA agent who was on assignment at the time of the incident. The Guardian states it can confirm that the 36-year-old former special forces soldier is employed by the […]
Increased number of contractors – heirs to the Blackwater mercenaries
December 23, 2010The Obama administration is hiring military contractors at a rate that would make Bush blush. Both Afghnaistan and Iraq wars have been fought with the help of private military and intelligence contractors. But despite the troubles of Blackwater in particular – charges of corruption and killing of civilians—and continuing controversy over military outsourcing in general, […]
Surge in contractor deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan
September 26, 2010The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the most privatized in American military history. Today, there are 150,000 troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. As of March 2010, there were more than 200,000 private contractors, though that number is believed to have declined since. In any case, more private contractors than soldiers were killed in Iraq […]
Blackwater founder Erik Prince moves to Abu Dhabi
August 25, 2010Erik Prince, whose company, Blackwater Worldwide, is for sale has left the United States and moved to Abu Dhabi, according to court documents. With scrutiny of Blackwater’s activities, Mr. Prince had changed the company’s name yo Xe Services and overhauled the management. He sold the company’s aviation arm early this year, and finally placed the […]
Blackwater violations smoothed over by friends in high places
August 24, 2010The company formerly known as Blackwater violated U.S. export control laws nearly 300 times, the State Department said Monday. The alleged violations were spelled out in documents released by the State Department as part of a $42 million settlement with Blackwater. The company and its currently serving officers have avoided criminal prosecution. Blackwater, now known as […]
The ongoing Iraqi war, enduring presence, mercenary occupation of Iraq
August 4, 2010President Obama said Monday in a speech that the US military is on target to withdraw all its combat troops from Iraq by the end of August. Democracy Now spoke with independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, the author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, who says this instead marks the beginning […]
Blackwater-type mercenaries anticipated in Haiti
March 8, 2010This month a prominent umbrella organization, the IPOA, is co-organizing a “Haiti summit” for private military and logistic corporations. The IPOA or International Peace Operations Association is dubbed the “mercenary trade association” by journalist Jeremy Scahill, author of “Blackwater: the Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army”. Haiti’s former Minister of Defense, Patrick Elie, […]
