Culture, Politics & Current Events by David Phinney
Wednesday February 22nd 2012

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Forced Labor in Iraq and »

Interesting that State Department employees are up in arms about the prospect of being forced to work in [...]


The Mega-Bunker of Baghdad »

William Langewiesche takes a look in Vanity Fair. Of course, the project is not on budget or on time. It [...]


New Military Support Contract »

A new 10-year, $150 billion arrangement for providing logistical support U.S. troops around the world [...]


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Marking Up The Reconstruction »

Marking Up The Reconstruction

The Civilian Police Training: A top-priority Bush administration project for training Iraqi police by DynCorp is now [Read More]


Iraq

Marking Up The Reconstruction Marking Up The »

The Civilian Police Training: A top-priority Bush administration project for [...]


Escape from Iraq: Filipino Migrant Worker Recounts Nightmare Flight Escape from Iraq: »

He Didn't Want to Go: Ramil Autencio thought he was traveling to Kuwait for a job in a [...]


Forced Labor in »

Interesting that State Department employees are up in arms about the prospect of being [...]