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Jeremy Scahill: Confronting Blackwater on its Killing of Iraqis

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Last week, Jeremy spoke at a conference organized by NYU's Center on Law and Security called "Privatizing Defense: Blackwater, Contractors, and American Security." Also present at the conference were Blackwater Worldwide vice president Martin Strong and a lawyer for Blackwater, David Hammond. At the conference, I confronted Strong on Blackwater's ...

Nuri al-Maliki 3 strokes 72 hours in UK emergency treatment

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

US-installed Iraqi "Prime Minister" Nuri al-Maliki reportedly suffers three strokes within 72 hours prior to emergency evacuation to London. Health crisis comes as US reorients its Iraq policy against Shi'i clerical parties including al-Maliki’s.Read the full story