Security Contractors

Source: cnews.canoe.ca --- 24 days ago
OTTAWA - They are often a ragtag band of locally hired guns. ...

Source: thinkprogress.org --- 25 days ago
One of the most contentious issues surrounding a long-term U.S.-Iraq Security agreement is whether private Security Contractors should receive blanket legal immunity from Iraqi laws. However, buried today in a Washington Post article, reporter Karen DeYoung reveals that negotiators have agreed that Security Contractors “would be subject to Iraqi law,” a setback for the [...] ...

Source: clipmarks.com --- 24 days ago
clipped by: papananook Clip Source: www.politico.com Down in the 12th paragraph of a story on page A17 of the Post today is the news that the era of immunity for Security Contractors in Iraq is drawing to a close. As it stands today, the more than 100,000 private Security Contractors in Iraq, working for companies such as Blackwater, are immune from Iraqi law. The Iraqis have long been pushing the argument that laws exist for a reason — and should most especially be applied to men roaming a foreign country armed to the teeth. Both high-profile and low-profile incidents of violence have turned Iraqi political opinion against the Contractors and Iraqi negotiators have been pressing the White House hard to revoke their immunity as part of the ongoing negotiations over U.S. troop presence in Iraq. They appear to have succeeded. From the Post: "Iraq's insistence that its laws should prevail stems largely from the excesses of private U.S. Security Contractors, whom negotiators have agreed would be subject to Iraqi law." ...

Source: www.france24.com --- 18 days ago
Iraq reserves the right to put on trial six guards working for private Security firm Blackwater for their alleged role in the killing of 17 Iraqi civilian last year. US prosecutors have reportedly sent letters to six Security guards involved. ...

Source: www.moldova.org --- 16 days ago
The U.S. Defense Department has issued tighter rules for Security Contractors in Iraq aimed at reducing or preventing needless civilian deaths.The regulations were issued last month as the U.S. and Iraqi governments were negotiating a new status of forces agreement, The Wall Street Journal reported. One of the Iraqi government's key demands is an end to immunity from prosecution there for Contractors.A mindset shift must occur in which armed Contractors view every contact with Iraqi civilians as friendly until actions clearly prove otherwise, the rules state.Last September, Contractors working for Blackwater Worldwide allegedly shot 17 civilians in a confrontation in Nisoor Square in Baghdad. ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 22 days ago
They are often a ragtag band of locally hired guns. Many are known to have a drug problem. ...

Source: executive-protection-news.com --- 11 days ago
$12 billion U.S.dollars. That’s what the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates as the cost of private Security Contractors from 2003 through 2007. $12b represents roughly 10% of the total cost of $100b for all categories of Contractors in Iraq since the invasion. The CBO also compared the cost of using private Security Contractors in Iraq versus [...] ...

Source: www.ksdk.com --- 6 days ago
U.S. Increases Spending on Private Security Contractors in Iraq ...

Source: edition.cnn.com --- 34 days ago
An American contractor said Thursday the U.S. mission in Iraq will be undermined if the Iraqi government succeeds in revoking blanket legal immunity for American Security Contractors. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 22 days ago
The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy is urging federal acquisition councils to consider exempting small firms from a regulation that would force Contractors to verify workers' employment eligibility using a Homeland Security database. ...

Source: www.wickedfire.com --- 3 days ago
Looks like Nagin isn't going to get his 'chocolate city' after all. Predictions: * This time the loldome is going to get flattened, or at least have the roof torn off. * Blame will be placed on climate change (global warming is so 2005), and thus, George Bush. * Remember last time when the good people of New Orleans were shooting at the national guard? This time they'll be shooting at Blackwater Security Contractors, who will not hesitate to shoot back. Expect to hear about 'grave human rights abuses', etc. * More FEMA debit cards will be handed out, promptly spent on casinos and Louis Vuitton handbags. * Both candidates will be airlifted in for approximately 2 hours for photo ops. ...

Source: www.ft.com --- 32 days ago
BAE Systems's takeover of Detica cements a growing trend of Contractors concentrating on the rapidly expanding homeland Security arena amid tighter military budgets ...

Source: www.prweb.com --- 28 days ago
Green industry landscape Contractors and business owners looking to efficiently enhance productivity, reduce fuel consumption, and improve safety and Security measures on their equipment and for their employees, now have a more affordable, all-in-one solution. (PRWeb Aug 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/truck/slt_pro/prweb1190044.htm ...

Source: www.rollingstone.com --- 23 days ago
The CBO report (.pdf) puts the first number I’ve seen on the number of “Security Contractors” in the Iraq theater: 30,000. That’s one mercenary for every six U.S. soldiers. The cost rationale: The costs of a private Security contract are comparable with those of a U.S. military unit performing similar functions. During peacetime, however, the private Security contract would not [...] ...

Source: searchcio.techtarget.com --- 7 days ago
VoIP service jobs command the highest hourly rates, followed by IT Security jobs. IT Contractors located in Washington, D.C., South Dakota and Alaska had the highest overall wages. ...

Source: www.antiwar.com --- 20 days ago
Excerpt: As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private Contractors in Iraq and neighboring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion by the end of 2008, an under-the-radar Florida court case suggests that U.S. President George W. Bush -- a staunch contractor supporter -- is preparing to throw Security Contractors such as Blackwater under the political bus. ...

Source: www.upi.com --- 6 days ago
By DAVID ISENBERGWASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- It was not that long ago that seemingly just about everyone was suspicious of private Security Contractors working in Iraq, and not just liberals or opponents of the war. But that was then and this is now. New reports show that oversight and accountability over Contractors are much improved. ...

Source: clipmarks.com --- 2 days ago
clipped by: papananook clipper's remarks: Here come the designated thugs--ostensibly to protect "private property" but really to make millions of $$ for nothing. Clip Source: www.democracynow.org As Hurricane Gustav Approaches, Blackwater Seeks Personnel to Deploy to Gulf Coast The private military firm Blackwater Worldwide is seeking personnel that could possibly be deployed into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. We speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill, who first broke the story of armed guards working for the private Security firm Blackwater being deployed in the streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. [includes rush transcript] AMY GOODMAN: I want to go to Jeremy Scahill, who covered, of course, Hurricane Katrina in the aftermath JEREMY SCAHILL: Well, last Friday, Blackwater sent out an email. This, of course, is the famous mercenary company that not only has operated in Iraq and Afghanistan, but was actually in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and beyond, in 2005 made $70 million in federal money just off of its Hurricane Katrina contracts. Blackwater sent out an email to its network of independent Contractors. ...