Justice Department sues Reston contractor, alleges it provided unqualified ... Washington Post The Justice Department sued a Virginia-based contractor Wednesday, accusing the company of submitting false claims for unqualified guards under a $10 million contract to provide security in Iraq. Triple Canopy, a private security company based in ... Feds: Defense firm put untrained guards in Iraq Feds Join False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Triple Canopy |
UPI.com | Don't forget about Iraq CNN (blog) Almost a year after the last American troops departed Iraq, Baghdad is changing. It is still tired and worn down after decades of dictatorship, sanctions and war. But outside the checkpoints and the blast walls that demarcate the International Zone ... Al-Qaida Mounting A Comeback In Iraq U.S. report gives mixed view on Iraqi oi |
Antiwar.com | Officials: Attacks in Iraq kill 4 people Boston.com BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say gunmen have killed two government employees and two road construction workers in separate attacks in Iraq. Police officials say the first attack took place Wednesday morning in eastern Baghdad, when gunmen fatally shot ... Watchdog Cites Iraq Corruption Iraq: Report on Money-Laundering Inspector General: Large-Scale Money Laundering Continues in Iraq |
Irish Times | FEATURE-Syria turmoil stirs Iraqi tribal sympathies, hopes Reuters RAMADI, Iraq Oct 31 (Reuters) - In guesthouses and mosques across Iraq's Anbar province, the talk at Sunni tribal gatherings has turned from the usual debate over local politics to a matter even more pressing - the war next door. Many people in Iraq's ... Conflict inflicting collateral damage on Iraq Iraq Violence Surges Amid Corruption, US Report Finds Time to get tough on iraq |
Iraq, Kuwait battle over gulf megaports UPI.com BASRA, Iraq, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Iraq and southern neighbor Kuwait, at daggers drawn since the days of the Ottoman Empire, are again in dispute, this time over plans to build rival megaports in the northern Persian Gulf. The issue threatens to jeopardize ... |
Soldiers' suit of Iraq War contractor goes to jury San Francisco Chronicle PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jurors will decide whether an Iraq War contractor is responsible for respiratory ailments and the fear of future illness that Oregon National Guard soldiers blame on a carcinogen present at a water plant they were tasked to defend. |
The Guardian | UK supreme court says rendition of Pakistani man was unlawful The Guardian Kerr also said that he would have "little hesitation in dismissing" arguments from former US assistant attorney general Jack Goldsmith asserting that al-Qaida operatives found in occupied Iraq were excluded from protection under the Geneva Conventions ... Top UK court rejects bid to free US-held detainee Bagram detention challenge defeated American forces 'committed a war crime' |
National Post | In Iraq, they fought with the Jihadists against the US In Libya, it's the ... National Post Fadil was one of hundreds of Libyans from the eastern city of Derna to travel to Iraq during the American occupation. Though he has not put down his rifle, today he uses it for more noble endeavors – to enforce the peace. Fadil and many other former ... |
Eni CEO: Enthusiasm waning for Iraq MarketWatch Eni's issues with Iraq are its high bureaucracy, limited energy infrastructure and the political situation with the Kurdistan region that follows its own policy when it comes to hydrocarbon activities, Mr. Scaroni said. The government in Baghdad should ... Eni consortium to invest $18 bln in Iraq's Zubair field |
ThinkProgress | FLASHBACK: Netanyahu Said Iraq War Would Benefit The Middle East ThinkProgress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday told a Paris-based magazine that a military strike on Iran would be beneficial to the region. Netanyahu's statement was published on the eve of a meeting with French President Francois Holland, during ... The Arabs Have Lost Their Power Base In The Middle East – OpEd |