Skip to main content

Get the best research tool on the web today,and free!
Connect with people with common interests!

Play Webslides

Arne Løining's Bookmarks tagged mercenaries → View Popular

You are here: Diigo Home > Arne Løining's Bookmarks

Expand All 1 - 15 of 15

6Expand

Immunity Deal Hampers Blackwater Inquiry

Tags: corruption, mercenaries, warcrimes on 2007-10-30 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: Current affairs

more fromapnews.myway.com

SOTT: It should not come as a surprise that neither charges, prosecutions or convictions will arise from this investigation. Under 'Order 17' Blackwater already had immunity from prosecution under any Iraqi law, now with a simply manufactured "investigative misstep" the Bush gang have seen to it that any case brought in the U.S. would collapse. If you wanted transparent government, it doesn't get much clearer than that.

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." Franklin D. Roosevelt
post by kropotkin on 2007-10-30

The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution
investigative misstep
A follow-up investigation by the Iraqi government, however, concluded that Blackwater's men were unprovoked. No witnesses have been found to contradict that finding.
An initial incident report by U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in Iraq, also indicated "no enemy activity involved" in the Sept. 16 incident.
It's not clear why the Diplomatic Security investigators agreed to give immunity to the bodyguards, or who authorized doing so.

Feds probe whether Blackwater smuggled weapons into Iraq

Tags: destabilization, mercenaries, middle-east, weapons on 2007-10-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: Current affairs

more fromedition.cnn.com

Blackwater likely to be phased out of diplomatic duty

Tags: mercenaries, middle-east on 2007-10-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: Current affairs

more fromwww.miamiherald.com

4Expand

Blackwater Is Soaked

Tags: mercenaries, middle-east on 2007-10-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.newsweek.com

The colonel, who was involved in a follow-up investigation and spoke on the condition he not be named, said the Blackwater guards disarmed the U.S. Army soldiers and made them lie on the ground at gunpoint until they could disentangle the SUV
Whatever else Blackwater is or isn't guilty of—a topic of intense interest in Washington—it has a well-earned reputation in Iraq for arrogance and high-handedness.
Unlike nearly everyone else who enters the Green Zone, said an American soldier who guards a gate, Blackwater gunmen refuse to stop and clear their weapons of live ammunition once inside. One military contractor, who spoke anonymously for fear of retribution in his industry, recounted the story of a Blackwater operative who answered a Marine officer's order to put his pistol on safety when entering a base post office by saying, "This is my safety," and wiggling his trigger finger in the air. "Their attitude was, 'We're f–––ing security; we don't have to answer to anybody'."
Blackwater's staunchest defenders tend to be found among those whom they guard. U.S. officials prefer Blackwater and other private security bodyguards because they regard them as more highly trained than military guards, who are often reservists from MP units.

Blackwater and me: A love story it ain't

Tags: corporations, media, mercenaries on 2007-10-23 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.chicagotribune.com

1Expand

Bush asks for $46 billion more for wars

Tags: corruption, mercenaries, war on 2007-10-22 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: Current affairs

more fromwww.sacbee.com

4Expand

Private security convoys strike fear in Baghdad | Reuters

Tags: corporations, mercenaries, middle-east, warcrimes on 2007-10-22 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: Current affairs

more fromwww.reuters.com

2Expand

Blackwater won't allow arrests

Tags: mercenaries, middle-east on 2007-10-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwashingtontimes.com

"Blackwater: Mercenaries by Definition"

Tags: corporations, mercenaries on 2007-10-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.progressivedailybeacon.com

Blackwater: Murder for Hire

Tags: corporations, mercenaries on 2007-10-12 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.brasschecktv.com

4Expand

Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans

Tags: mercenaries, society on 2007-10-12 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.truthout.org

3Expand

''The guys who do this are not money-hungry pigs''

Tags: corporations, mercenaries on 2007-10-12 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromcontent.hamptonroads.com

2Expand

Blackwater hires PR giant in image seige

Tags: mercenaries, propaganda on 2007-10-11 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromnews.yahoo.com

4Expand

Blackwater faulted by U.S. military: report | Reuters

Tags: mercenaries, middle-east on 2007-10-11 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.reuters.com

Afghans Crack Down on Private Security

Tags: asia, corporations, empire, mercenaries, middle-east on 2007-10-11 -All Annotations (0) -About

in list: Current affairs

more fromwww.breitbart.com

1 - 15 of 15

List 20 50 100

Notation: * = Private bookmark and comment|… = Clipping [?] | … = Public highlight [?]

Arne Løining's Related Tags

Selected tags

mercenaries

Related tags

See More Top Contributors

Malachi Smith Arabica Robusta Olifante * Terry Jones gamer encounter

Related Groups on Diigo

PlayStation Universe (PSU.com)

Members (7)

bookmarks (36)