Posts Tagged ‘Blackwater/Xe’
NextGen UAVs: Toward Self-Guided Nano-Drones
The Daily Mail | By Niall Firth | 10 June 2010 The mini flying robot drones that join forces before takeoff - all without human help It conjures up a rather frightening vision of a future where intelligent robots work in packs without the need for human intervention. But scientists are developing robots which can 'dock' with each other and [...]
CIA drone operators commit “murder in violation of the laws of war”
Antiwar | By William Fisher | 1 June 2010 US Drone Strikes Draw International Scrutiny On the heels of reports that the Barack Obama administration altered a new manual on military commission rules to accommodate an illegal drone program, a senior United Nations official is expected to call on the U.S. this week to stop Central Intelligence [...]
On Conspiracy Theories
The Express Tribune | By Arshad Zaman | 28 May 2010 Apart from the logic of an argument and the language in which it is expressed, there is — what in 17th century Europe was called — a ‘climate of opinion’ that regulates which arguments will be admissible in polite company and which will simply not be heard. In some circles today it [...]
U.S. Senate Looking into Blackwater/Xe and Other Mercenaries’ Wrongdoings
Christian Science Monitor | By Gordon Lubold| 24 February 2010 Blackwater fallout: Senate moves to rein in military contractors The Senate holds a hearing Wednesday on ways to improve oversight of private military contractors, after a series of incidents involving Blackwater. On Tuesday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a [...]
School bombing exposes Obama’s secret war inside Pakistan
Times Online | By Christina Lamb | 7 February 2010 THE discovery of three American soldiers among the dead in a suicide bombing at the opening of a girls’ school in the northwestern Pakistan town of Dir last week reignited the fears of many Pakistanis that Washington was set on invading their country . Barack Obama has banned the Bush-era [...]
Preparing the Battlefield for American Occupation of Pakistan
The Nation | By Jeremy Scahill | 4 February 2010 The Expanding US War in Pakistan Click on link below for Earlier (23 Nov 2009) Article: The Secret US War in Pakistan Three US special forces soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan this week, confirming that the US military is more deeply engaged on the ground in Pakistan than [...]
U.S. to Probe Blackwater/Xe for Corruption in Iraq
Deccan Chronicle | 1 February 2010 US probes Blackwater for corruption The US Justice Department is investigating whether officials of security firm Blackwater Worldwide tried to bribe Iraqi government officials in hopes of retaining the firm’s work in Iraq, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Citing unnamed current and former government [...]
The Drone Surge: Today, Tomorrow, and 2047
TomDispatch | By Nick Turse | 24 January 2010 The Drone Surge Today, Tomorrow, and 2047 Jump to: Introductory Remarks by Tom Engelhardt One moment there was the hum of a motor in the sky above. The next, on a recent morning in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a missile blasted a home, killing 13 people. Days later, the same [...]
Blackwater/Xe is a Sub-Contractor to Kestral Logistics in Pakistan
The Nation | By Jeremy Scahill | 22 January 2010 Blackwater in Pakistan: Gates Confirms On Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that Blackwater is operating in Pakistan . In an interview on Express TV, Gates, who was visiting Islamabad, said, "They are operating as individual companies here in Pakistan," according to a DoD [...]
Gates Exposes Pakistan Government: Blackwater/Xe is in Pakistan
UPDATE — In the wake of the ensuing controversy, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a denial on its website, of Secretary Gates' earlier statement (also posted on the DoD website, reproduced after the denial below): Denial (22 January 2010) Q (Inaudible.) We have great respect for the American media. (Inaudible.) Every week, there's a new [...]
