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...stop using the euphemism security contractor and instead use the age-old and well-understood term mercenary. Then everybody would have a clearer understanding of what is going on and what is being sanctioned by our government...
...investigation into the Sept. 16 shooting is being closely watched as a barometer of how much accountability there actually is for security contractors operating in Iraq. So far, the answer is very little. Justice Department lawyers are still unsure what U.S. law, if any, could be used to bring charges in the case. A previous incident on Christmas Eve where an intoxicated security contractor allegedly shot and killed an Iraqi guard was referred to the Department of Justice months ago, and no charges have yet been filed...
...Sept. 17, the Iraqi government ordered that Blackwater USA, the now infamous private contractor of security officers for the U.S. government, cease working and leave the country within six months. The order followed a horrendous display of force by Blackwater employees, in which 17 Iraqi civilians died and 24 others were wounded. A month after this order, however, Blackwater’s officers are still active in Baghdad and its massive fort inside the Green Zone is still humming with activity. This defiance of the Iraqi government—and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s recent push...
...saddled by allegations of favoritism and inefficiency. Instead, the office's newly installed No. 2 was found in his garage, dead of an apparent suicide. An active-duty officer for 20 years, he had been under scrutiny in recent weeks for a consulting job with an Air Force contractor that had been arranged for him by the Air Force. Riechers...
...least one contractor agrees with the Air Force that the interim gun aboard the V-22 is wanting. BAE Systems has been investing in the development of a remotely aimed gun that could be slung from the V-22's belly and installed starting in about a year, BAE officials say. The gun, which could range in size from 7.62 mm (the size of the current gun) to .50-cal. (the size Jones wanted) would protrude from the V-22's belly, just forward of the swiveling gun. A V-22 crew member located in the passenger compartment would fire...