The Privatization of War: Scahill reports 121,000 contractors in Afghanistan

Aljazeera by Riz Khan | Dec. 23, 2009 (Interview)

(Video) During an interview with Riz Khan on December 21st Jeremy Scahill reported that the Obama administration has surpassed the Bush era’s privatization of war, having nearly doubled the number of security contractors in Afghanistan over the past several months. Amongst the contracting firms who remain in Afghanistan is Blackwater (now operating under the name XE) – a firm that Scahill describes as “one of the most powerful private actors in the so called ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Business
Topics: War, U.S. Military, Defense Industry, CIA
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Dec 23, 2009 - 10:09 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Randy Morrow (review), Sirajul Islam (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Dec 23, 2009 - 10:10 AM PST

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Sirajul Islam
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 by Sirajul Islam - Dec. 24, 2009

We read and hear about this. It is one of the reasons America can't do without wars, as she can't briddle the insurers, the drugmakers and the mighty banks, and investment fund managers. This report is a good piece to reveal and prove that.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 23, 2009
Kaizar posted this story.
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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Dec. 24, 2009

This is more of a link to video of interviews then it is an "article".

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