US military contractor Blackwater are a rule unto themselves (as I discussed some months ago.) Now further evidence that its actions in Iraq are akin to a rabid dog off the leash.
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News bytes
– Former UN chief Boutros Boutros Ghali blames Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East. – Blackwater expert Jeremy Scahill challenges the US Congress to get serious about military contractors in war zones. – The latest on impeachment proceedings against Dick Cheney. – While Israel remains a nuclear power, they aren’t too…
Killing Ayrabs is part of the mission, yes?
Jeremy Scahill, Huffington Post, October 30: Apparently there is one set of rights for Blackwater mercenaries and another for the rest of us. Normally when a group of people alleged to have gunned down 17 civilians in a lawless shooting spree are questioned, investigators will tell them something along the lines of: “You have the…
Life (and death) above the law
My latest New Matilda column discusses the role of Blackwater in Iraq: Writer Naomi Klein calls Baghdad’s Green Zone ”˜a heavily armed Carnival Cruise ship parked in a sea of despair,’ and the tag fits. The fantasy, pushed by neo-conservatives and war profiteers alike, was that Iraq would be a free-market laboratory to spread the…