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Tag: Nisour Square

Posted on November 9, 2014August 8, 2015

A New Way to Fight, an Old Way to Die

Despite the 2007 shooting in Nisour Square and other similarly tragic incidents, private military contractors (PMCs) continue to operate in a largely unregulated and unaccountable fashion.  Michael Alter discusses the history of “security contracting” and examines the growth of the PMC industry. 

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Federal Pushback on Blackwater
Posted on October 25, 2014August 9, 2015

Federal Pushback on Blackwater

This Wednesday, four former Blackwater agents were sentenced for various counts of voluntary and attempted manslaughter with a count of murder for their role in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis and wounded nearly 20 others.  According to Kwame Newton, private military contractors should be subject to the same legal standards as American troops.  

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