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Military Contractor in Iraq Holds Foreign Workers in Warehouses (www.mcclatchydc.com)

About 1,000 Asian men who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in windowless warehouses near the Baghdad airport without money or a... More

Tags: iraq,contractors,corruption,us military,video

Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Maliki Is Quietly Firing Iraqi Government Anti-Corruption Watchdogs (www.nytimes.com)

The government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is systematically dismissing Iraqi oversight officials, who were installed to fight corruption in Iraqi ministries by order of the American... More

Tags: iraq,maliki,corruption

Submitted 16 days ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Canceled Iraq Contracts Cost U.S. $600 Million (www.usatoday.com)

The Pentagon spent about $600 million on more than 1,200 Iraq reconstruction contracts that were eventually canceled, nearly half of them for mismanagement or shoddy construction, government... More

Tags: iraq,contractors,corruption,sigir,reconstruction

Submitted 16 days ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Federal Prosecutors Draft Indictment In Blackwater Shootings (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)

Federal prosecutors have drafted an indictment against 6 guards working for Blackwater USA, who were involved in deadly shootings last year of 17 Baghdad civilians, according to the Associated Press.

Tags: iraq,blackwater,contractors,mercenaries,corruption

Submitted 20 days ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

The Explosive Detecting Device of the Iraqi Forces (washingtonbureau.typepad.com)

Once again, I'll give an example of corruption; the big monster that destroy Iraq. I know I talked about this subject many times but this time its a kind of corruption that causes casualties. Its the... More

Tags: explosives,detection,iraq,iraq war,iraqi forces,corruption

Submitted 21 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

Blackwater Likely To Be Fined Millions in Iraq Weapons Case (www.mcclatchydc.com)

The State Department is preparing to slap a multi-million dollar fine on private military contractor Blackwater USA for shipping hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq without the necessary permits.

Tags: iraq,blackwater,contractors,mercenaries,corruption

Submitted 21 days ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Iraqi Army Headcount Still Unclear Despite Millions Paid to Private Contractor (www.propublica.org)

Navy Capt. John Andrews said that figures submitted Wednesday show that about 64 percent of 140,000 Iraqi soldiers are present for duty. Another 24 percent are on approved leave. The rest are in jail,... More

Tags: iraq,iraqi security forces,contractors,corruption

Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Government Hires Contractors to Investigate Abuses By Other Contractors in Iraq (thinkprogress.org)

ABC News reports that the State Department has hired the a private firm to fill positions in the newly created Force Investigation Unit, created after last year’s deadly Blackwater shooting to... More

Tags: iraq,contractors,corruption,reconstruction

Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Iraqi Red Crescent Paralyzed by Allegations of Embezzlement and Mismanagement (www.washingtonpost.com)

The Iraqi Red Crescent, the country's leading humanitarian organization, has been crippled by allegations of embezzlement and mismanagement, including expenditure of more than $1 million on Washington... More

Tags: iraq,reconstruction,refugees,idp,red crescent,corruption

Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

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