The Book That Started It All
Search
Categories
Archives
-
Recent Posts
-
Isenberg Video
- 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
Recent Comments
- Joseph Burwell on Former student blasts military school for private defense contractors
- Gomes Castro on Families of slain and injured sue Ericsson over claims it funded Middle East terror
- A United States in Perpetual War Should Consider a Foreign Legion as a Pragmatic Solution | NextBigFuture.com on LEGITIMIZING A DE FACTO U.S. FOREIGN LEGION IN AFGHANISTAN: TRANSFER OF MISSION CRITICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS FROM PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL
- Resource curse alive and well in Afghanistan - Antony Loewenstein on $488 Million Investment in Afghanistan’s Oil, Mining & Gas Industry at Risk
- Il Boom dei contractors in Africa – SURIYA HABIBATI on Mozambique: Hydrocarbon companies deny security deal with Erik Prince – AIM
Articles: Africa
Viewing as Articles
View in Timeline
Prosecution Wants Appeal of Ivorian ‘ Mercenaries ‘ Denied
Prosecution Wants Appeal of Ivorian ‘ Mercenaries ‘ Denied All Africa By by Richard Stephens/Lina 5 December 2014 07:58 Dec 05, 2014 (Liberia News Agency/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) —… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How private military services saved Sierra Leone: The contracting out of military duties came from necessity but help ensure long-lasting security
How private military services saved Sierra Leone: The contracting out of military duties came from necessity but help ensure long-lasting security Written by Marika Josephides (1) Monday, 01 December 2014 18:15… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Outsourcing/Privatization
Tagged Africa, Outsourcing/Privatization
Leave a comment
Secret Footage Allegedly Shows Diamond Diggers Being Tortured in Angola
Secret Footage Allegedly Shows Diamond Diggers Being Tortured in Angola Posted 2 December 2014 11:11 GMT A video purportedly showing employees of a private mining security company torturing two Congolese diamond diggers with a machete… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Companies, Fraud/Waste/Abuse
Tagged Africa, Companies, Fraud/Waste/Abuse
Leave a comment
Liberia: Supreme Court Hears Mercenaries Appeal
The New Dawn (Monrovia) 3 December 2014 Liberia: Supreme Court Hears Mercenaries Appeal By Winston W. Parley State and defense lawyers are expected to appear before the Supreme Court of Liberia… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
High Court to Review 13 Mercenaries’ Life Imprisonment Case On Tuesday
High Court to Review 13 Mercenaries’ Life Imprisonment Case On Tuesday All Africa By by Abednego Davis 1 December 2014 08:49 Dec 01, 2014 (Liberian Observer/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Again, Fulani mercenaries kill scores, burn houses in Nasarawa
Again, Fulani mercenaries kill scores, burn houses in Nasarawa Nigerian Tribune 23 November 2014 Asianet Pakistan Private Limited GUNMEN, suspected to be Fulani mercenaries, on Saturday morning, launched another offensive attack… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Agency and Hong Kong firm tussle over aviation licence
Agency and Hong Kong firm tussle over aviation licence Daily Nation By RAMENYA GIBENDI 24 November 2014 The stand-off between Frontier Services Group FSG, a Hong Kong listed company, and Kenya… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
‘Nigerian mercenaries’ linked with plot to assassinate Lesotho PM
‘Nigerian mercenaries’ linked with plot to assassinate Lesotho PM Nov 10 2014 – 11:28pm Lesotho police are investigating allegations that foreign “mercenaries” plan to kill Prime Minister Tom Thabane in a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Kenya: KEYNA not in a mood to renew Blackwater founders Kijipwa Aviation ASL
Kenya : KEYNA not in a mood to renew Blackwater founders Kijipwa Aviation ASL All Iraq News Agency 7 November 2014, English, © 2014 AIN. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Global Industry Firms Craft Responses to Ebola Outbreak
News; DISASTERS Global Industry Firms Craft Responses to Ebola Outbreak Engineering News-Record By Debra Rubin 27 October 2014 With the deadly Ebola virus spreading in West Africa—and beyond—global industry firms are… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
