" US confirms using 20,000 mercenaries in Iraq"

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A Privatisation Too Far: Mercenaries and
Torture in Iraq

A Privatisation Too Far: Mercenaries and
Torture in Iraq 05/01/2004 02:13 AM
"If we can't hold ourselves up as an example of how to treat people with dignity and respect, we can't ask that other nations do that to our soldiers", says Brigadier General Mark Kimmett, deputy director of operations for the US military in Iraq of damning evidence of the use of torture in a US-run Iraqi prison. This sort of action is unacceptable on a human rights level, puts US forces at risk of revenge attacks and could jeopardise the strength of the coalition. It is important that we understand how such appalling human rights abuses have been allowed to take place.

Nepal confirms abductions in Iraq

Nepal confirms abductions in Iraq 08/23/2004 12:01 PM
Nepal's government says it is trying to secure the release of 13 Nepalese workers taken hostage in Iraq.

Poland confirms Iraq withdrawal

Poland confirms Iraq withdrawal 04/12/2005 08:05 AM
Poland says its troops will leave Iraq at the end of 2005, when the UN mandate for the force expires.

Bulgaria Confirms Two Hostages in Iraq
Are Alive

Bulgaria Confirms Two Hostages in Iraq
Are Alive 07/11/2004 11:47 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 11 2004 1:40PM GMT

Bulgaria Confirms Its Hostages in Iraq
Alive

Bulgaria Confirms Its Hostages in Iraq
Alive 07/11/2004 01:19 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 11 2004 4:42PM GMT

Blair Confirms Saddam Arrested in Iraq

Blair Confirms Saddam Arrested in Iraq 12/14/2003 10:14 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 14 2003 9:39AM ET

Italy confirms Iraq troop plans

Italy confirms Iraq troop plans 03/17/2005 02:54 AM
Italy's PM has told President Bush that he intends to start pulling back troops from Iraq as soon as September.

U.S. Testing Confirms Sarin in Iraq
Shell (Reuters)

U.S. Testing Confirms Sarin in Iraq
Shell (Reuters) 05/25/2004 07:09 PM
Reuters - U.S. government testing of an exploded artillery shell found in Iraq earlier this month confirmed it contained the nerve agent sarin, but did not shed any new light on whether Baghdad produced chemical weapons after the 1991 Gulf War, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Bulgaria Confirms Its Hostages in Iraq
Alive (Reuters)

Bulgaria Confirms Its Hostages in Iraq
Alive (Reuters) 07/11/2004 08:46 AM
Reuters - Bulgaria confirmed on Sunday that two Bulgarian truck drivers taken hostage in Iraq were still alive after a Friday execution deadline expired.

"ABCNEWS.com : Official Confirms
O'Neill's Iraq Claim"

"ABCNEWS.com : Official Confirms
O'Neill's Iraq Claim" 01/16/2004 10:58 AM

Iraq Confirms U.S. Has Removed Nuclear
Material (Reuters)

Iraq Confirms U.S. Has Removed Nuclear
Material (Reuters) 07/08/2004 12:13 PM
Reuters - Iraq's interim government confirmed Thursday the United States has removed radioactive material from Iraq, saying ousted dictator Saddam Hussein could have used it to develop nuclear weapons.

Mercenaries 'fuel W African wars'

Mercenaries 'fuel W African wars' 04/12/2005 11:31 PM
Young veterans of West Africa's wars are being recruited to fight in new conflicts in the region, a report says.

Corporate Mercenaries Create Sharing
Network

Corporate Mercenaries Create Sharing
Network 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
WP.  In response to the challenge of non-state networks intent on the destruction of the nation-state system, the US formulated its own non-state actors.  These corporate mercenaries are now creating their own network in response to US inaction.

Under assault by insurgents and unable to rely on U.S. and coalition troops for intelligence or help under duress, private security firms in Iraq have begun to band together in the past 48 hours, organizing what may effectively be the largest private army in the world, with its own rescue teams and pooled, sensitive intelligence.

The CPA's program management office has sought bids for a project to coordinate security among the 10 largest prime contractors and their subcontractors working on U.S.-backed reconstruction projects worth $18.4 billion. But the bids are still under review. In the meantime, the office is "trying to get at least some level of intelligence sanitized from the military that could be given to contractors," said Capt. Bruce A. Cole, spokesman for the program management office in Baghdad. That has not happened yet.  The firms, stunned by the casualties they suffered this week and by the lack of a military response, have begun banding together to share their own operations-center telephone numbers and tips on threats, as well as to organize ways to rescue one another in a crisis.

"Each private firm amounts to an individual battalion," said one U.S. government official familiar with the developments. "Now they are all coming together to build the largest security organization in the world."

Is this a return of the c ondotteiri?

AMD confirms price changes

AMD confirms price changes 07/27/2004 11:22 AM

Canada Confirms 2nd Case of Mad Cow

Canada Confirms 2nd Case of Mad Cow 01/03/2005 03:34 AM
A final laboratory test has confirmed that an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second case Canada has found in its herd.

SCO Confirms 'Minor' Layoffs

SCO Confirms 'Minor' Layoffs 05/04/2004 04:46 PM
The company says the small number of layoffs across the board had nothing to do with backer BayStar's demands that the company focus all of its energy on its Unix litigation.

Britney confirms she is pregnant

Britney confirms she is pregnant 04/13/2005 03:53 AM
Britney Spears reveals she is pregnant with her first child, following weeks of intense speculation.

Cometa confirms closure

Cometa confirms closure 05/19/2004 07:24 PM

Jaguar confirms cut in production

Jaguar confirms cut in production 08/27/2004 01:34 PM
The Ford-owned carmaker is to cut production at its three UK plants by 11% because of poor sales in the US.

U.S. confirms that head is Johnson's

U.S. confirms that head is Johnson's 07/23/2004 02:52 PM

Intel confirms 'Conroe'

Intel confirms 'Conroe' 04/11/2005 06:27 AM
Names chip but refuses to spill beans

PC maker confirms 775-pin Celeron D

PC maker confirms 775-pin Celeron D 06/25/2004 05:47 AM
Even as Socket 478 versions launch

Canada Confirms Second Case of Mad Cow
(AP)

Canada Confirms Second Case of Mad Cow
(AP) 01/02/2005 08:55 PM
AP - Canada confirmed Sunday that a second cow has tested positive for mad cow disease, just days after the United States said it planned to reopen its border to Canadian beef.

Canada Confirms Second Mad Cow Case

Canada Confirms Second Mad Cow Case 01/02/2005 09:36 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 3 2005 12:51AM GMT

britney confirms her literacy

britney confirms her literacy 02/19/2004 04:05 AM
do i understand correctly that the harry potter books are written to a fifth-grade reading level?

Microsoft Confirms Bug in SSL Patch

Microsoft Confirms Bug in SSL Patch 04/29/2004 09:03 AM
Windows 2000 systems can lock up and fail at startup if drivers fail to load

BT confirms customer exodus

BT confirms customer exodus 05/20/2004 05:36 AM
'New wave' compensates for core revenue shortfall

NTL confirms price hike

NTL confirms price hike 04/19/2004 09:44 AM
More speed, more money

Motorola Confirms Zander as CEO

Motorola Confirms Zander as CEO 12/16/2003 10:04 AM
TheStreet.com Dec 16 2003 8:33AM ET

Motorola confirms MPx cull

Motorola confirms MPx cull 04/19/2005 09:21 AM
Windows Mobile clamshell closed for good, apparently

Microsoft confirms EC appeal

Microsoft confirms EC appeal 06/09/2004 05:39 AM
The Register Jun 9 2004 9:15AM GMT

Britney's pregnant, Web confirms

Britney's pregnant, Web confirms 04/12/2005 08:16 PM
Blog: We henceforth go on record to report that Britney Spears today confirmed on her Web site that she is indeed pregnant. And...

Ofcom confirms BT break-up review

Ofcom confirms BT break-up review 04/28/2004 07:26 AM
'Old chestnut' resurfaces

Netscape Confirms 7.2 Release Date

Netscape Confirms 7.2 Release Date 07/28/2004 03:10 PM
According to a notice posted on the Netscape Store, version 7.2 of the famed browser will be made available August 3rd, and be distributed as either a free download or low–cost CD. Netscape 7.2 is based on the Mozilla Foundation's Mozilla 1.7 milestone.

Nvidia confirms Socket 939 Semprons on
way

Nvidia confirms Socket 939 Semprons on
way 07/28/2004 09:51 AM
Coming in Q4 as Semrpon 3000+?

ATI confirms no Shader 3.0 in Radeon
X800

ATI confirms no Shader 3.0 in Radeon
X800 05/04/2004 09:21 AM
Future is 3Dc 'normal map' compression

Survey Confirms It: Women Outjuggle Men

Survey Confirms It: Women Outjuggle Men 09/15/2004 01:01 PM
Working women spend about twice as much time as working men on household chores and the care of children, a Labor Department study showed.

HP confirms selection of Mark Hurd as
new CEO

HP confirms selection of Mark Hurd as
new CEO 03/29/2005 08:57 PM
Hewlett-Packard late today officially named NCR's CEO, Mark Hurd, to be its new chief, tapping him for the job Carly Fiorina was ousted from early last month.

Customs confirms deal renewal with EDS

Customs confirms deal renewal with EDS 08/22/2004 09:02 PM
ZDNet Australia Aug 23 2004 1:37AM GMT
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