"Contractor" = Bad News
This is a story in
CorpWatch about what's going on with military contractors in Iraq. It's troubling, as it always is when someone says "contractor" and even more menacingly, "subcontractor." There are many things to lose sleep over, so don't read it if you want a happy monday.
Occupation authorities in Iraq have awarded a $293 million contract effectively creating the world's largest private army to a company headed by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Spicer, a former officer with the Scots Guard, an elite regiment of the British military, who has been investigated for illegally smuggling arms and planning military offensives to support mining, oil, and gas operations around the world. On May 25, the Army Transportation command awarded Spicer's company, Aegis Defense Services, the contract to coordinate all the security for Iraqi reconstruction projects.
* Ray, 6/14/2004 01:18:25 PM
