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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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Author Archives: David Isenberg
Timeline: Prigozhin’s Escalating Standoff With Russia’s Military
Timeline: Prigozhin’s Escalating Standoff With Russia’s Military Updated: June 24, 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin pictured with Wagner mercenaries in eastern Ukraine. concordgroup_official / Telegram A former convict turned Kremlin caterer, Yevgeny Prigozhin… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Wagner’s real money never came from diamonds and gold
Wagner’s real money never came from diamonds and gold Wagner’s businesses in Africa isolate and create dependent economies, not funding for private armies. By Ellen Ioanes Updated Jul 2, 2023, 9:12pm… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead or in prison’ after Putin meeting, former US commander claims
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead or in prison’ after Putin meeting, former US commander claims Kremlin claims warlord Prigozhin met with president after failed rebellion but Robert Abrams, a retired US… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Can Russia Tame Wagner in Africa Without Destroying It?
Can Russia Tame Wagner in Africa Without Destroying It? The mercenary group is so deeply enmeshed in the Central African Republic and several other nations that it can’t be easily replaced,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Activists Say Third Group Of Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Has Entered Belarus
July 17, 2023 By RFE/RL’s Belarus Service Activists Say Third Group Of Russia’s Wagner Mercenaries Has Entered Belarus A satellite photo taken late last month of a field camp in Belarus’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Chinese Private Security Companies in Latin America
Chinese Private Security Companies in Latin America The expanding presence of China-based companies in Latin America, and the security problems they have experienced there, creates an inherent demand for Chinese private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Guns for Hire? A Season for Mercenaries
Guns for Hire? A Season for Mercenaries By Thalif Deen Reprint | | Print | UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 2023 (IPS) – Just after a band of mercenaries tried to oust… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The US cannot allow Russian mercenaries to continue ransacking the African continent
The US cannot allow Russian mercenaries to continue ransacking the African continent by Roy Allen Howell, opinion contributor – 07/11/23 12:00 PM ET Share Tweet FILE – Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Putin flaunts his “Gray Hair” ex-colonel to lead Wagner mercenaries
Putin flaunts his “Gray Hair” ex-colonel to lead Wagner mercenaries 15.07.2023, 04:12 Photo: Twitter/@EuromaidanPR SHARE FACEBOOK TWITTER E-MAIL COPY LINK In 2017, doctors at a St Petersburg hospital made an astonishing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Surovikin’s Pyramids Erected As Gravesites for Fallen Wagner Mercenaries
Surovikin’s Pyramids Erected As Gravesites for Fallen Wagner Mercenaries News Jul 14, 2023 Clare Fitzgerald, Guest Author Photo Credit: vot-tak.tv In one of the most well-known and largest cemeteries erected for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading