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CNN

06/12/06

Private military contractors are earning billions of dollars in Iraq -- much of it from U.S. taxpayers. Business is booming for those willing to tackle one of the most dangerous jobs on Earth. Lucrative U.S. government contracts go to firms called on to provide security for projects and personnel -- jobs that in previous conflicts have been done by the military. A single contract awarded to Britain's AEGIS Specialist Risk Management company by the Pentagon was worth $293 million, and while the government says it cannot provide a total amount for the contracts -- many of which are secret -- industry experts estimate Iraq's security business costs tens of billions of dollars...

https://tinyurl.com/nhzqa


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

https://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,,1796266,00.html#article_continue


Informant: Davey Garland

https://www.lewrockwell.com/gaddy/gaddy22.html



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haditha

The U.S. denies accounts saying that the terrorist was beaten by American troops before he died, but confirms that a child was among the dead.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13581.htm

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So 'Zarqawi' is finally dead
https://tjh.elequity.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=570



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Zarqawi

Over the weekend, 83 bodies were delivered to the Baghdad morgue. The figure is high even by the grim standards of a venue that has seen thousands of corpses this year.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5478162


From Information Clearing House

U.S. forces killed seven "militants". Two children were also been killed.
https://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBA228362.htm


From Information Clearing House



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haditha

By Dahr Jamail and Arkan Hamed
Inter Press Service

In the wake of the Haditha massacre, reports of another atrocity have surfaced in which U.S. troops killed two women in Samarra, and then attempted to hide evidence of their responsibility.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13591.htm



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haditha

https://www.commondreams.org/views06/0612-21.htm



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Zarqawi

Fears of an imminent U.S. assault on the Sunni city of Ramadi are increasing. On Saturday U.S. and Iraqi forces cordoned off the city of 400,000 people. The Los Angeles Times reported that fleeing residents say the U.S. has begun bombing residential areas. Thousands of families are reportedly trapped in the city and facing a mounting humanitarian crisis. Food and medical supplies are running low. Prices for gas have soared because of shortages. The Iraqi government has tried repeatedly to send medical and food aid into Ramadi, but it has been thwarted by insurgent attacks. A former governor of the city said that people in Ramadi are caught between two plagues: the vicious, armed insurgents and the American and Iraqi troops.

https://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/12/1320226


Informant: John Calvert



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ramadi

"There is a direct link between the alleged atrocities in Haditha and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld," writes retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste. "His poor decisions and bad judgment in 2003 and 2004 are the root causes for the prolonged challenge we now face. Haditha is but a symptom of a much bigger problem."


https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/061206N.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Haditha