May 15, 2012 in Security
Maybe This Is Why the PMSC Industry Is Supposedly Cost-Effective Huffington Post The article's subtitle "Slaves to the Private Military in Iraq" pretty much tells you what the article is about. The article recounts how private security firms won lucrative contracts to supply support staff and security guards to back up US forces in ... |
May 15, 2012 in Security
 Al-Arabiya | UN Envoy Sees No Deterioration in Iraq's Security Situation KBOI Rubberball/Mike Kemp(BAGHDAD) -- More than four months after the US withdrew nearly all of its troops from Iraq, the security situation there seems to be going as well as can be expected, given the threats from al Qaeda and the local insurgency that ... Iraqi vice president's bodyguard says he was paid to assassinate a government ... Tariq Al Hashemi Trial: Iraq Vice President Trial Starts In Baghdad In the World |
May 15, 2012 in Security
 Fars News Agency | Iran Exile Group Nears US Rebirth Wall Street Journal The US military had provided security at the camp before pulling its forces from Iraq last year. Baghdad now controls the camp and has threatened to return MeK members to Iran if it isn't swiftly closed. These officials stressed that Mrs. Clinton could ... Iranian Legislator Appreciates Iraq for Expelling MKO Members |
May 13, 2012 in Security
 FRANCE 24 | Suicide bomber, car bombs hit Iraq security forces Reuters Militants now often hit local security forces, government offices or Shi'ite targets to try to stir sectarian tensions. Iraq's delicate government, split among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs, has been mired in a crisis over power-sharing since the ... Attacks on security forces leave 4 people dead in Iraq US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped |
May 12, 2012 in Security
 London24 | London Olympic security officials to be armed with US sonic weapon Fox News The US army deployed LRad as a crowd control device during its struggles in post-war Iraq. More recently, it used a vehicle-mounted system against G20 protesters in Pittsburgh in 2009, driving back demonstrators with the LRad's high-pitched sound. From war-torn Iraq to the London Olympics - pain-inducing sound weapon for ... Ear-piercing sonic gun drafted in for UK Olympics Sonic Weapon Deployed for Games |
May 12, 2012 in Security
Iraq arts fest: more words, less song and dance Sacramento Bee By LARA JAKES AP BABYLON, Iraq -- Poetry has returned to the Triangle of Death. But dancing and singing are being left behind. In this dusty southern community, home to the renowned archaeological site of Babylon and ravaged by modern-day sectarian ... |
May 12, 2012 in Security
Social Security and You: Benefits for wounded warriors San Antonio Express Q: I am the wife of a military service member who was injured while serving in Iraq. I heard from a case manager at our military hospital that he might be able to receive disability payments from Social Security. Where can I find out more about this? |
May 12, 2012 in Security
 Daily Caller | Interpol issues 'red notice' for Iraqi VP Daily Caller Iraq's top judicial committee accused al-Hashimi's security detail was accused of carrying out 150 attacks against security forces and civilians from 2005 to 2011. Al-Hashimi is calling the attacks “politically motivated” and denied the charges. Turkish President Gul supports fugitive Iraqi VP Hashemi |
May 11, 2012 in Security
 UN News Centre | Despite concerns, Iraq making progress on path to stability – UN envoy UN News Centre In his most recent report to the Security Council concerning Iraq, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that if outstanding issues to achieve national reconciliation are not addressed in a meaningful way, through an inclusive dialogue, they could lead ... |
May 11, 2012 in Security
 Bloomberg | Iraq Oil Output Beating Iran Ends Saddam Legacy Bloomberg Security Hurdles Iraq still faces hurdles to its re-emergence as a reliable global supplier. As the US withdrew the last of its troops from the country in December, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government reinforced security at energy installations ... |
