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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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Turkish Private Military Companies Are Learning From Russia
September 3, 2022 Topic: Private Military Contractors Region: Eurasia Tags: Private Military Turkish Private Military Companies Are Learning From Russia Turkey has borrowed from the Kremlin’s playbook and is using PMCs to revive… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Russia’s reliance on mercenaries in Ukraine points to the weakness of its military – and Putin’s strategy of deflecting blame
Russia’s reliance on mercenaries in Ukraine points to the weakness of its military – and Putin’s strategy of deflecting blame Christopher Michael Faulkner, US Naval War College Sep. 15, 2022 (The Conversation… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Worse Than Nazis – PMC Wagner’s Role in Ukraine
Worse Than Nazis – PMC Wagner’s Role in Ukraine. By Aleksandra Klitina. Published Aug. 2 at 10:40 am The Wagner PMC Is it possible to surpass the brutality of Nazi war… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Prigozhin’s PMC is preparing a provocation in Belarus
Prigozhin’s PMC is preparing a provocation in Belarus September 24, 2022 According to information from the Belarusian resistance movement, on September 20, 130 mercenaries of the Russian PMC “Liga” (former PMC… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Can Russia halt Ukraine’s gains with jail recruits and mercenaries?
Can Russia halt Ukraine’s gains with jail recruits and mercenaries? Peter Weber, Senior editor September 21, 2022·5 min read Vladimir Putin President of Russia A soldier. Illustrated | Getty Images Ukrainian… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Ukraine IT Army Decimating Russian Mercenaries Online As Well
CLTV Ukraine IT Army Decimating Russian Mercenaries Online As Well “Ukrainian IT Army here. We now have your website’s personal data. Welcome to Ukraine. We’re waiting for you,” posted the Ukrainian… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Taliban release U.S. engineer in prisoner swap
Taliban release U.S. engineer in prisoner swap Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran from Illinois, was seized on the streets of Kabul by the Haqqani network in 2020, officials said. Sept. 19,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
‘Fat Leonard’ on the lam: the Navy scandal you never hear about
Pentagon Budget (US Department of Justice/US Marshals) ‘Fat Leonard’ on the lam: the Navy scandal you never hear about Why has this military corruption story involving drugs, prostitutes, and a guy… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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PMCs Can Win the War on Terror in Africa
Editorial Note: Re: “ In 1993, when I co-founded Executive Outcomes with oil and gas executive Tony Buckingham and others, we benefited from a rare alignment of world events“ This is… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Russia’s Yevgeny Prigozhin Admits Owning Wagner Mercenary Force
Russia’s Yevgeny Prigozhin Admits Owning Wagner Mercenary Force Al Jazeera Created in the early 2010s, Wagner Group is a paramilitary mercenary group composed mostly of former Russian military personnel that trains… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading