chicagotribune.com - 30 days ago
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ROCK ISLAND, Ill.—Inside the stout federal courthouse of this Mississippi River town, the dirty secrets of Iraq war profiteering keep pouring out. Hundreds of pages of recently unsealed court records detail how kickbacks shaped the war's largest troop support contract months before the first ...
denverpost.com - 27 days ago
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denverpost.com —
In the weeks before Christmas last year, a
brigade of battle-bruised soldiers left Colorado's Fort Carson for...
its third round of war in Iraq. Sgt. Colin Barton was getting Botox shots in his forehead to kill the relentless pain from a brain injury. ...
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The battle within
nytimes.com - 23 days ago
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nytimes.com —
Townshend, Vt. IN a surge of realism, the
Senate has voted 75-23 to acknowledge that Iraq has...
broken up and cannot be put back together. The measure, co-sponsored by Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, and Sam Brownback, Republican of ...
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Make Walls, Not War
longwarjournal.org - 29 days ago
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longwarjournal.org —
A US military map of Iran's operations inside
southern Iraq. This 2007 map formed the basis of...
The Ramazan Corps and the ratlines into Iraq . Click to view full size. Iraqi officials in Al Kut are seeking four suspected ...
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Iraqi forces search for Qods Force agents
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Nick Turse: 2014 or Bust: The Pentagon's Building Boom in Afghanistan Indicates a Long War Ahead
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... IV." This is the current version of a military program first instituted by the Pentagon in 1985. It has been the key means by which military logistics and supply functions have been turned over to private contractors. (The previous version of the program, LOGCAP III, was awarded solely to Kellogg, Brown and Root Services or KBR, then a division of the oil services giant Halliburton, primarily in support of U.S. operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait and was plagued by scandals.)
In Afghanistan, companies like Fluor are clearly digging in. Fluor, in ...
2014 or Bust: In Afghanistan, The Pentagon Digs In
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... , primarily in support of U.S. operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait and was plagued by scandals .) In Afghanistan, companies like Fluor are clearly digging in. Fluor, in fact, ...
2014 or Bust: The Pentagon’s Afghan Building Boom
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... , primarily in support of U.S. operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait and was plagued by scandals .) In Afghanistan, companies like Fluor are clearly digging in. Fluor, in fact, ...
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