Another KBR Rape Case
Karen Houppert : Iraq War
In the wake of Jamie Leigh Jones's highly publicized charges, a woman comes forward with new allegations of a brutal sexual assault and cover-up at a KBR camp in Iraq.
2008
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Obama's Mercenary Position
Jeremy Scahill : Iraq War
He calls private security forces "unaccountable" but may use them in Iraq. Meanwhile, Clinton wants to ban them. UPDATED
2007
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Cashing In on Terror
Robert Scheer : War on Terrorism
What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.
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Making a Killing
Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?
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Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law
Acting with impunity and immune from prosecution, a shadow army funded by US taxpayers is fueling the spiraling violence in Iraq.
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The Mercenary Factor
Who elected Blackwater and other hired guns to rule the world? The banning of Blackwater in Iraq sheds more light on the checkbook imperialism fueling Bush's state of perpetual war.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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