July/August 2008 issue NACLA Report on the Americas, Innsikt (Norway), Common Dreams, ZNet In October, Erik Prince, the 39-year-old CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, a leading private security company operating in Iraq, went into damage-control mode. Blackwater employees in Baghdad’s Nisour Square had killed 17 Iraqi civilians the previous month, causing an uproar and the suspension … Continue reading Outsourcing the Iraq War: Mercenary Recruiters Turn to Latin America
Fear and Loathing on the Jersey Shore
by Eric Stoner and Bryan Farrell August 20, 2007 Huffington Post, Yahoo! News Manhattan's cosmopolitan atmosphere has a way of making people forget what life is like for the rest of America. Coffee shops, book stores and night life are all tailored to meet the needs of even the most niche-oriented individual. But back on … Continue reading Fear and Loathing on the Jersey Shore
Islam Karimov: Uzbeki Dictator, U.S. Ally
Winter 2005 Nonviolent Activist, World War 4 Report "He may be a son of a bitch," a U.S. president is said to have commented about one brutal dictator or another, "but he's our son of a bitch." The fact that on the worldwide web the line is attributed to no fewer than five presidents, from … Continue reading Islam Karimov: Uzbeki Dictator, U.S. Ally
Terrorism Begins At Home
May 12, 2004 Topeka Capital-Journal, KS; Garden City Telegram, KS; Chanute Tribune, KS. Distributed by Minuteman Media. At the 9/11 Commission there was a great deal of finger pointing over who is at fault for the worst acts of terrorism on American soil in history. Richard Clarke, former White House counter-terrorism chief, took center stage … Continue reading Terrorism Begins At Home
Bolivia: An Early Goodbye for President Mesa?
February 13, 2004 Center for International Policy In November 2002, Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, a pro-business, pro-U.S. figure known by his nickname “Goni,” paid a visit to the White House. The two presidents discussed Bolivia’s U.S.-supported program of military and police-led eradication of coca, the plant used to make cocaine. Goni was worried … Continue reading Bolivia: An Early Goodbye for President Mesa?
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