Unpacking the Private Military Complex

David Isenberg

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    Iraq

    1. HARD LESSONS, AGAIN: An evening at the lectern
    2. $42M jury verdict against CACI overturned
    3. Auditing the Same War Twice: SIGIR and SIGAR Compared
    4. Private Security and Democracy: Lessons from the US in Iraq
    5. Privatization of Security in Iraq with Us Intervention The Role and Effects of Contracted Personnel and Private Military and Security Companies
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    Companies

    1. AUTHORITY WITHOUT TRACEABILITY: Contractor oversight across sites: comparison of published episodes
    2. Contractor oversight: what the published record establishes
    3. PMSC Watchlist Digest, Sunday, Oct 11, 2026 (ET)
    4. UN report says UAE firm hired Colombian mercenaries to fight in Sudan
    5. Fuelling Sudan’s conflict: weapons, fighters and external support networks
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    Contracts

    1. AUTHORITY WITHOUT TRACEABILITY: Contractor oversight across sites: comparison of published episodes
    2. $68.86M for Haiti Police Support and Logistics
    3. Mike Rogers’s Wife Raked in Lucrative Government Security Contracts While Rogers Served as Intel Chair
    4. Customs and Border Protection hires legal contractor for up to $9.2 million after flood of lawsuits against the agency
    5. Follow the Money - September 2026: ICE and CBP End Fiscal Year Investing Billions into Border and Detention Construction Projects
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    Casualties

    1. PMSC Watchlist Digest, Sunday, Oct 11, 2026 (ET)
    2. Ukrainian mercenaries have been detained in Sudan — some have already been killed
    3. A mercenary from Botswana was killed fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine
    4. Russian Forces and Mali’s Military Accused of Indiscriminate Drone Strikes That Killed Scores of Civilians
    5. Mali: Military Attacks on Civilians, Insurgent Abuses
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    Legal

    1. Five Zimbabweans to appear in court over alleged mercenary activities
    2. Indonesian police name suspects after 58 citizens lured to Russia to serve as mercenaries
    3. Belarusian Man to Be Tried in Absentia for Mercenary Activities
    4. Former Fort Bragg contractor charged with leaking military secrets
    5. $42M jury verdict against CACI overturned
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