‘Blog Items’ Archives
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Food Shortage No More
http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/2965/That_Disputed_Food_Supply_Memo_Its_Legit
contractors
Mother works to memorialize contractor son slain in Iraq THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press BRATENAHL, Ohio - While the nation pauses on Memorial Day to honor its war dead, Donna Zovko works to keep alive the memory of her son, who was killed in Iraq while serving as a civilian contractor. She wants him and other contractors to be remembered along [...]
The Contractor’s Fight at Home
I hooked up Dan Rather's producer to many of the sources and events in this Dan Rather Reports: "The hidden story of Americans serving in Iraq, the civilian contractors." Never did get a thank you. by David Phinney March 24, 2007 -- War for Hire: Dan Rather's producer called me for sources for a report exploring the "invisible army" in [...]
Book Review: Licensed to Kill
by David Phinney May 23, 2007 -- In his book, Licensed to Kill, Robert Young Pelton hits the bull's eye with a sweeping, crash course in the explosive growth of private security contractors. Thrust from the sweltering groins of Africa, Papua New Guinea and other trouble spots around the globe where hidden treasures of oil and minerals tempt [...]
Moving to the Left: Veterans…. and Contractors
Three years ago, in 2004, 60 percent of military voters polled by the Military Times identified themselves as Republican. Today, that number is down to 46 percent. Washington Montly http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0706.cvr_story.html http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0706.ackerman.html What, then, can Democrats do to [...]
Privatized War in Iraq: Low-Paid Foreign Laborers Do the Dying, too
By David Phinney May 23, 2007 -- Reuters: The war in Iraq is killing nine civilian contractors a week on average, roughly three times the rate of last year, and U.S. government statistics show that non-Americans do most of the dying. No single government agency keeps track of how many nationalities work alongside the U.S. military but officials [...]
Just Call Her ‘Washington Madam’
The Georgetown bar and restaurant hosted Deborah Jeane Palfrey for its Q&A Cafe tuesday. For the curious minded, go to the "Q&A Cafe TV" link.
Under Scrutiny: Contractors in Iraq Named
The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has investigated individual projects in the past to identify mismanagement, waste or fraud. Now investigators are setting their sights on a top-to-bottom review of all contracts within a single company to determine if companywide problems contributed to the projects' success or failure, SIGIR [...]
Training Peacekeepers Around the World
Northrop Grumman landed a five-year, $200 million contract for the Global Peace Operations Initaitive as part of the US State Department initiative to build peacekeeping operations worldwide -- with a present emphasis on Africa. L3 Communications MPRI won a similarly valued contract. Both companies will be working on GPOI initiative. The program [...]
