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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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Author Archives: David Isenberg
Profile of Russian private military company Yastreb
Profile of Russian private military company Yastreb Initial assessment, and four follow-up questions, run on Perplexity AI on July 2, 2026. Fact checks run on, DeepSeek AI, ChatGPT, and Claude… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Torture, Extortion, and Murder: General Sent to Pretrial Detention Center in Russia Over Yastreb PMC Case
Torture, Extortion, and Murder: General Sent to Pretrial Detention Center in Russia Over Yastreb PMC Case #Court #Detention #Mercenaries #Neighbor nations #Neighbors #Russia #World Sania Kozatskyi July 3, 2026 16:36 Russian… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Douglas Macgregor Says Tens of Thousands of Foreign Mercenaries Are Fighting for Ukraine
Douglas Macgregor Says Tens of Thousands of Foreign Mercenaries Are Fighting for Ukraine © Zеlеnskiу / Оfficiаl / Telegram Author: Dmitry Lukashev 06:39 03-07-2026 Douglas Macgregor says over 50,000 foreign mercenaries… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Unseen footage reveals how Russia is recycling drones from the Ukrainian front in Africa.
Original URL Google Translation Unseen footage reveals how Russia is recycling drones from the Ukrainian front in Africa. Africa In Mali, the Russian mercenaries of Africa Corps – who… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Foreign Mercenary Plot: NIA Court Extends Judicial Custody Of 6 Foreign Nationals Till Aug 1
Foreign Mercenary Plot: NIA Court Extends Judicial Custody Of 6 Foreign Nationals Till Aug 1 by OMMCOM NEWS July 3, 2026 in Nation New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday extended… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion
Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion Ricardo Pereira, Ana Luquett, Rui Forte & Mohammad Eslami Small Wars & Insurgencies 2023 34:8 1532-1557 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Contracting Blowback The Use of Violence by Private Security Companies and Insurgents during the Iraq War
Contracting Blowback The Use of Violence by Private Security Companies and Insurgents during the Iraq War Scott Fitzsimmons (2024) Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 47:1 78-97 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF
From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF Gus Seidman Armed Forces & Society 2010 36(4) 716-749 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club
Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club Ori Swed and Daniel Burland Armed Forces & Society 2022 Vol. 48 (1) 3-24 Corporate privatization of security has generated a neoliberal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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US Strategy and the Rise of Private Maritime Security
US Strategy and the Rise of Private Maritime Security Jan Stockbruegger Security Studies (2021) 30:4 578-602 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe