Charging that U.S. private security contractors are "mafia-like groups" being financed by U.S. taxpayers to carry out "terrorist activities" with the support of the U.S. government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a four-month phaseout of all private...
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Congressional Commission to Examine Contractors in War
Should private contractors like Blackwater be allowed to continue to provide armed security for convoys, diplomatic and other personnel, and military bases and other facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq? A bipartisan U.S. Congressional commission will spend two days...
Shadow Army, Hidden Casualties
Blackwater’s Migraines Multiply
Legal headaches are growing exponentially for the security firm formerly known as Blackwater once the darling of the military-industrial community. In separate developments, two former employees of the company charged that the security firm committed...


