Article: SENATE AND HOUSE MEMBERS INTRODUCE BILL TO PHASE-OUT PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS WEDNESDAY

Article: U.S. defense chief urges security contractors to coordinate with military in Iraq
Xinhua News Agency;  October 18, 2007 ;     325 words ......defense chief urges security contractors to coordinate with...18 (Xinhua) -- United States Defense SecretaryRobert...urged on Thursday security contractors in Iraq to coordinated...indispensable to the United States for allowing thousands...considering to put all ...

Article: SEN. OBAMA CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the total number of security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan...what functions these security contractors are performing, how...report information on security contractors to Congress. Obama...s use of private security contractors in Iraq. I was disturbed...which ...

Article: Soldiers of fortune - holding private security contractors accountable: the Alien Tort Claims Act and its potential application to Abtan, et al. v. Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc., et al.
Denver Journal of International Law and Policy;  December 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Private security contractors play a prominent...of private security contractors. (2) The United States now relies...used private security contractors to conduct...000 private security contractors in Iraq. (6...181 private security firms ...

Article: SENATE, HOUSE MEMBERS INTRODUCE BILL TO PHASE-OUT PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......put private security contractors out of business...represent the United States because their...military and United States government in...that allow for security contractors to literally...policy of the United States more difficult...unaccountable private ...

Article: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES AIMS TO RESOLVE DISCONNECT BETWEEN MILITARY, SECURITY CONTRACTORS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 18, 2007 ;     461 words ......Iraq and private security contractors too often are working...and equipping Iraqi security forces, garnering...cooperate." Private security contractors, in contrast, have...is pressuring the United States to pull all Blackwater USA security contractors out of ...

Article: SENATE AND HOUSE MEMBERS INTRODUCE BILL TO PHASE-OUT PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......put private security contractors out of business...represent the United States because their...military and United States government in...that allow for security contractors to literally...policy of the United States more difficult...unaccountable private ...

Article: GATES AIMS TO RESOLVE DISCONNECT BETWEEN MILITARY, SECURITY CONTRACTORS
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 18, 2007 ;     490 words ......Iraq and private security contractors too often are working...and equipping Iraqi security forces, garnering...cooperate." Private security contractors, in contrast, have...is pressuring the United States to pull all Blackwater USA security contractors out of ...

Article: SEN. LEAHY PROVISIONS HOLDING PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS, WAR PROFITEERS ACCOUNTABLE UNDER LAW ADDED TO IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......make all U.S. security contractors worldwide accountable...countries where the United States is engaged in...Leahy. "The United States is a beacon...hold private security contractors accountable...all private security contractors worldwide, as...country ...

Article: Private security contractors in Iraq violate laws of war.
Suffolk Transnational Law Review;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...I. INTRODUCTION When private security contractors killed eleven Iraqis in a shootout...Minister called it criminal. (1) Security contractors called it by doctrine, meaning...in combat activities. (28) The United States employed balloons in the Spanish-Americ...attack on New Mexico ...

Article: VOA NEWS: BAGHDAD INCIDENT RENEWS DEBATE OVER SECURITY CONTRACTORS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a shoot-out in Baghdad, American security contractors from the Blackwater company, who...there are about 20,000 private security contractors in Iraq, including several thousand...which can be managed by private security contractors, freeing up our forces to take on...

Article: Drowning in Blackwater: How Weak Accountability over Private Security Contractors Significantly Undermines Counterinsurgency Efforts
The Army Lawyer;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......which had been contracted by the United States to provide security for the American...also exposed significant flaws in the United States' policies governing control of PSCs...of the conflict in Iraq. First, the United States has relied more upon contractors in...

Article: 'Trophy' video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers
The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 27, 2005 ;     699 words ......pounds 220 million security contract in Iraq by the United States government. Aegis conducts a number of security duties...allege that their relatives have been shot by private security contractors travelling in road convoys. He said: "When the security...American authorities because Aegis is ...

Article: U.S. Defense, State departments agree on more control over private security contractors in Iraq
Xinhua News Agency;  October 30, 2007 ;     314 words ......agree on more control over private security contractors in Iraq WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua...more authority to monitor private security contractors working for the U.S. government...to improve control over private security contractors in Iraq. A U.S. private security...

Article: REP. SCHAKOWSKY RESPONDS TO NEWS THAT U.S. WILL LIFT IMMUNITY FOR PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 1, 2008 ;     234 words ......to eliminate immunity for private security contractors in Iraq. The Iraqi foreign minister...agreed to remove immunity for private security contractors as part of the U.S.-Iraq security...to lift the immunity for private security contractors working in Iraq. While I believe...