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Amazon.co.jp: Simon Mann: The Real Story: Sue Blackhall: 洋書 www.amazon.co.jp
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Equatorial Guinea
id:nofrillsさん。サイモン・マンの回想録はこっちだったはず。http://goo.gl/ikNWK / この政府転覆計画自体が間抜けすぎて、マンの主張についてはなんともいえん。
2011/12/26
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PMC, SAS, Africa
サイモン・マンの回想録。1月19日発売。id:Gomadintine ご教示多謝です!インタビューはどこまで本気なのか、というところですね…
2011/12/26
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BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - Hardtalk, Simon Mann - Mercenary
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Wow. BBC Worldでのサイモン・マンのぶっちゃけトーク、すごいわこれ…。回想録出たのね。今週木曜日の02:05 GMT まで聞ける。
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'Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge' and Other Tales of Blackwater, DynCorp, and Triple Canopy's Rampage Through Iraq gawker.com
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Blackwater改めXe改めAcademiをはじめとするイラクでの(本来の意味での)「無法者」集団の狼藉の数々の資料。FoIでよくやった!
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Libyan Rebels Killed a Top Mercenary | Danger Room | Wired.com
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#libjp 5月、ベンガジでフランスのPMC創業者が反カダフィ軍によって射殺された。これは、名目上反カダ側に加わっているだけの連中によるランダムな殺害ではなかった。NTCは射殺されたフランス人の会社の社員を即拘束…
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Libya: Ex-Gaddafi Mercenaries Describe Collapse of Regime - TIME
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#libjp マリオはボスニア出身クロアチア人。技術兵でリビアでカダフィ側でもNATO側でも戦った。カダ側は「部下はリビア南部やチャド出身が殆ど、規律はひどかったが空爆が始まる迄はOKだった。NATO側も同様にひどかった」
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Libya: Nato plans final onslaught on Gaddafi's forces | World news | The Guardian
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The Guardian has learned that a number of serving British special forces soldiers, as well as ex-SAS troopers, are advising rebel forces, although their presence is officially denied.
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Mercenaries in Libya: Ramifications of the Treatment of ‘Armed Mercenary Personnel’ under the Arms Embargo for Private Military Company Contractors (Hin-Yan Liu) - Academia.edu kcl.academia.edu
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UNSCR1970と1973についての論文。Mercenaries under International Law, A Definitional Impasse: a Noun or an Adjective? ...
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Libya: SAS veterans helping Nato identify Gaddafi targets in Misrata | World news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
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Gomadintime
西側がいつもやってるとおりの空爆をするなら現地にspotterは必須と思ってたが、こういうスキームね。
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本日のガチニュース。「英仏などNATO諸国のblessingを得て元兵士たちが…」。「戦争の民営化」の次は「民間人保護(笑)の民営化」。ただこの話は決議1973の前に既に(英SAS潜入がばれたすぐ後)…という気が。
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Blackwater Founder Forms Secret Army for Arab State - NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com
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「騒擾事態対処」をBWに外注したUAE。エリック・プリンスは皇太子お抱えのお雇い外国人としてアブダビ在住、組織メンバーはコロンビア軍→ブラックウォーター→UAE。ジェレミー・スカヒルは「リビア」を引き合いに。
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Mr. Prince, who resettled here last year after his security business faced mounting legal problems in the United States, was hired by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to put together an 800-member battalion of foreign troops for the U.A.E., according to former employees on the project, American officia
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Blackwater’s New Ethics Chief: John Ashcroft | Danger Room | Wired.com www.wired.com
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by @attackerman「rule of law (笑)」としか反応できん。
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Blackwater ≠ Ethics ≠ John Ashcroft すべて照合しませ~ん! @nofrills @attackerman | Danger Room | Wired.com
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Afghanistan lets Blackwater stay despite shakeup of security contractors | World news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
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数ヶ月前、「すべての傭兵企業に出て行ってもらいます」と宣言したアフガニスタン大統領、後退を余儀なくされる…というリード文。「カルザイはアメリカの言うなりになるしかない」とある西側外交筋。
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us-contractor-with-poor-ratings.html www.miamiherald.com
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Daniel Fitzsimons denies murder of two colleagues in Iraq | World news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
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09年8月、バグダードでの英国人PMC同士の事件。加害者はパラ、被害者は海兵隊をやめてPMCに転職、前職でのライバル意識を持ち込んで喧嘩になり、就寝中にドアを蹴破られ、いろいろあって発砲。殺人ではなく故殺と主張。
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Blackwater Founder in Deal to Sell Company - NYTimes.com dealbook.nytimes.com
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今週の茶番劇。エリック・プリンスがお仲間に、かつてブラックウォーター・ワールドワイドとして知られた例の企業を売却する、と。米国務省がエリック・プリンスが所有している限り契約しないかもと言ってるので。
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YouTube - Blackwater in Iraq www.youtube.com
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アルジャジーラ、4分。ウィキリークスに合わせた映像。あとで見る。
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Arab Press: Iraq Wikileaks will Damage US Reputation | Informed Comment www.juancole.com
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コール先生による鮮やかなまとめ&アラブ報道の報告。リーク内容について先生の論評は最後のカッコ内を除いて一切加えられていないので5分あれば余裕で読める。
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Iraq war logs: military privatisation run amok | Pratap Chatterjee | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk
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Jimmy Mubenga death: three men arrested | UK news | guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk
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先日報じられた、英国から送還される飛行機内で押さえ込まれて「呼吸ができない」と言って失神し亡くなったアンゴラ人男性の件で、3人の警備員ら逮捕。PMCの会社名はG4S...こないだ見たばかりだが何だっけ。
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Security guards accused over death of man being deported to Angola | UK news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
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アンゴラから英国に来て難民申請して却下され送還された男性、機内でPMCの警備員に強く押さえつけられ死亡。男性は「息ができない」と10分間に渡って声をあげ、その後意識を失った。
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BBC News - Security contractors in Afghanistan 'fund Taliban' www.bbc.co.uk
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文中に米国の報告書のリンクあり(PDF)。PMCの団体のダグ・ブルックス会長は「米国はとにかく安けりゃいい、見つかった中で一番安いところと契約、ということをしている」と。
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British firm 'hired warlords close to Taliban to provide security' | World news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
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Scatterbrain
The report claims that the company hired Afghan warlords to provide security and that at least one was alleged to have close ties to the Taliban./He was also scathing about the Pentagon giving US dollars to security firms to pay staff who then allegedly gave money to the Taliban to buy weapons for u
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アフガニスタンで空軍基地を警備する仕事で、英国のPMC, ArmorGroupが軍閥を雇っていたことが米議会報告書に。同社は昨年12月にも別件で米大使館の契約解除。AGは米軍から推薦された二人と契約、うち1人が後にタリバンだと
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"According to the report, the company referred to the warlords as Mr Pink and Mr White, characters in the 1992 Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs."
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East Jerusalem clash turns deadly - Middle East - Al Jazeera English english.aljazeera.net
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東エルサレム、シルワン地区、強引に入ってきている「入植者」との衝突でパレスチナ人1人死亡、5人負傷。私営企業の警備員(PMC)が車で走行中投石にあい発砲&イスラエル警察がラバーコート弾と催涙ガスを使用。
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Blackwater's Black Ops | The Nation www.thenation.com
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ブラックウォーターがモンサントの警備に…という件。via http://bit.ly/bbVEGC
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Hamid Karzai’s Call to Disband US Private Security Contractors: Promoting Peace While Consolidating Family Business | The Seminal
seminal.firedoglake.com
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nofrills
これの後でWatan Risk Managementがセキュリティ部門畳むと記者会見したとか。
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元PMC(民間軍事会社)だけど質問ある? : 社会生活VIP minisoku.blog97.fc2.com
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「黒水」社で要人警護をしていたという人。例の虐殺事件 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Baghdad_shootings 後に退社。引:「子供から凄い目で睨まれたんです…彼は絶対怖いはずなんですよ…せいぜい6歳ぐらいの子供なんです」
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Blackwater staff 'violated weapons law' | World news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
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エリック・プリンスまで行く筋ではなさそうな気が…でも注視。
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BBC News - Ex-Blackwater president indicted on firearms charges news.bbc.co.uk
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Federal law prohibits licensed firearms dealers to have more than two of the same style of weapon - the raid on Blackwater found 17 AK-47s. Law enforcement agencies are also allowed to have fully automatic weapons.
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BBC News - US Blackwater lawsuit signatures sought by Iraq news.bbc.co.uk
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BBC News - Iraq 'regrets' US decision to clear Blackwater guards news.bbc.co.uk
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The judge dismissed the charges against the guards over procedural errors.
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ブッシュ政権が暗殺を民間委託…米紙報道 : 国際 : YOMIURI ONLINE(読売新聞) www.yomiuri.co.jp
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ブッシュ政権中枢部的にはBWが「民間企業」であり、彼らがそういうことをすれば法の埒外で動くことになるのだという認識はなかっただろう。神のためにともに戦う同胞であったのだから。しかしCIAの腐りっぷりはすごい
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BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Afghan guard was due to come home news.bbc.co.uk
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Stuart Murray, 40, from Ballykelly, was working for a private security firm in Herat in the north west of the country. Mr Murray, a former Royal Irish Regiment soldier had served for 21 years in the Army. He was working in Afghanistan for the second time.
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Arrest of Danny Fitzsimons highlights how security industry is hated - Times Online www.timesonline.co.uk
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One thing is certain: the arrest in the fortified Green Zone of Baghdad — once the hub of the US-led coalition — sends a clear message to the tens of thousands of foreign contractors working in Iraq that the carefree days are over; no one is immune to Iraqi law.
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Briton may hang for killings in Baghdad - Times Online www.timesonline.co.uk
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傭兵3人でグリーンゾーン内で飲んでて口論になり、1人(英国籍)が発砲し2人(英国籍、豪国籍)を射殺、逃走しイラク警察に確保され裁判に(「地位協定での免責」めいたものがなくなったので)。有罪なら死刑の可能性。
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Blackwater boss and guards accused of murder and 'killing Iraqis for fun' - Times Online www.timesonline.co.uk
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John Doe No 2 makes a series of accusations. He says Erik Prince “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked w/ eliminating Muslims & the Islamic faith from the globe”, acc. to his declaration posted, along w/ a series of other legal documents, on the Center for Constitutional Rights website.
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YouTube - Countdown-The Nation's Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater chief Eric Prince's deep troubles www.youtube.com
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Countdown-The Nation's Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater chief Eric Prince's deep troubles
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In suit, ex-workers accuse Blackwater founder Erik Prince of murder - BostonHerald.com news.bostonherald.com
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nofrills
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 始まったらしい。
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BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Foyle and West | Security concerns over city gates news.bbc.co.uk
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やはりこういうことになった。デリー、警官には城壁の開閉は危険すぎる状況として警備会社に業務委託。ピザ配達のバイトまでコラボレイターと言う連中には警察だろうが警備会社だろうが関係なかろうに。
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Civilians took on guard duty to spare soldiers - Times Online www.timesonline.co.uk
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N Ireland Security Guard Service was established to save highly trained soldiers from spending hours on routine base-protection duties. The same changeover from armed soldiers to armed guards took place on the mainland. "soldiers were trained (for the duties), which was not to stand guard at barrack
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Security guards stood by as gunmen killed Northern Ireland soldiers - Times Online www.timesonline.co.uk
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疑問点氷解。Northern Ireland Security Guard Serviceの武装警備員がいたが何もせず(自衛ではないから?)。Barracks警備の仕事を始めて10年以上(しかし紛争終結後か)。兵士は武装しておらず。RIRAはピザ配達の店員はcollaboratorsだと。呆。
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Dissident Voice : Worse Than Madoff: Amway Launches Domestic Revival www.dissidentvoice.org
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Amway, Blackwater/Xe, and the Republican Party. by Bill Berkowitz / February 11th, 2009
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Blackwater founder, CEO resigns - CNN.com www.cnn.com
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AFP: Blackwater founder steps down as CEO www.google.com
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Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater USA, announced he has stepped down as chief executive of the security company, recently renamed Xe. The company said Prince, 39, who will retain his post as chairman, was stepping down as part of a reorganization that followed the departure of key personnel.
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US security firm Blackwater changes its name to Xe | World news | guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk
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US security firm Blackwater faces expulsion from Iraq | World news | guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk
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by Mark Tran
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq ends licence for Blackwater news.bbc.co.uk
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France 24 | Blackwater's Iraq licence is revoked | France 24 www.france24.com
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AFPの記事。
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Iraq victims sue UK security firm | World news | The Observer www.guardian.co.uk
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The case, the first of its kind brought by British lawyers against a private security contractor in Iraq, claims employees of Hampshire-based Erinys fired from a 4x4 vehicle at an approaching taxi in north Iraq.
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Foreign security teams to lose immunity from prosecution in Iraq | UK news | The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk
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UK companies have a disproportionate share of the security business in Iraq, with contracts worth more than $1bn - at least 1/6 of the total US spend - over the last 5 years, according to a recent US report. 7 British companies are in the top 30. 元日に免責特権が切れるがという記事
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Blackwater incident: What happened
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事件のまとめ記事がBBCに出てた。
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Blackwater guards 'to surrender' news.bbc.co.uk
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記事がアップデートされて:Blackwater guards 'used grenades'
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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Three shot dead in Afghan capital news.bbc.co.uk
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外国人2人アフガン人1人射殺の件。The shooting took place in front of the offices of the courier company DHL. Taleban militants reportedly said they had killed Gayle Williams, who had S African and British nationality was shot dead in Kabul because she was working for a Christian group.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Iraq contractors 'cost US $85bn' news.bbc.co.uk
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Blackwater Iraq contract renewed
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あんなことがあっても、ブラックウォーター契約延長。もうウンザリしすぎて何も反応できない。
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BBC NEWS | Americas | New rules for Iraq security firms news.bbc.co.uk
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ブラックウオーター事件、発砲に正当理由なし FBI調査 国際ニュース : AFPBB News www.afpbb.com
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US soldier's family brings legal action against British private security firm | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited www.guardian.co.uk
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Erinysが2005年に南部で米兵を車ではねて死なせた件につき、USで提訴。記事はErinysについて非常によみやすいまとめになっている。
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | US reins in Iraq security firms news.bbc.co.uk
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Minister seeks Blackwater trials news.bbc.co.uk
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nofrills
This may be a sort of wishful thinking, but this seems to me that things are beginning to get better, only slightly.
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Private guards set for bigger role despite fury at Blackwater deaths - Times Online www.timesonline.co.uk
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The TimesがバグダードのAegisに密着取材。Tim Spicerもインタビューに応じている。/そういえば最近ピーター・マクブライド事件で何か読んだような気がするがどこで読んだのだっけ。。。
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Blackwater guards 'were fired on' news.bbc.co.uk
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**** ****.
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Blackwater's Hired PR Guns: Hillary's Helpers on Danger Room blog.wired.com
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According to the Associated Press, Blackwater hired PR powerhouse Burson-Marsteller to help with its testimony (there were earlier reports -- that now appear erroneous -- that the relationship was broader than that):
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Red, white and mercenary in Iraq | Salon www.salon.com
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シドニー・ブルーメンタール。
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | US security firms under scrutiny news.bbc.co.uk
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PMCの法的ループホールの件、BBC報道。
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Private soldiers no longer above the law | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited www.guardian.co.uk
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Gomadintime
これ自体はいい動きだけど、十分ではない。最終的には行政機関の意向にかかっている。あと記事は法を扱っているのに不明瞭すぎる。NYTの記事参照。
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nofrills
これはけっこうでかいぞ。
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ko htike's prosaic collection: Free Burma! ko-htike.blogspot.com
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4 Oct 2007: 子どもの描いたマンガ(見ていられない)と、Blackwaterがイラクから追い出されたら次の仕事先はビルマ軍政か、という笑うに笑えないパロディ。
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Blackwater boss grilled over Iraq news.bbc.co.uk
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Blackwater shooting marked by chaos and dispute among guards - International Herald Tribune www.iht.com
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ブラックウォーターUSAにホンモノの乱射狂か。あとでゆっくり読む。
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US to review Iraq security firms news.bbc.co.uk
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq to end contractor 'immunity' news.bbc.co.uk
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The Iraqi interior ministry has said it has drafted legislation regulating private security companies following a shooting allegedly involving a US firm.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Blackwater denies Iraq smuggling news.bbc.co.uk
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Iraq: Blackwater Fired Unprovoked | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited www.guardian.co.uk
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Blackwater working again in Iraq news.bbc.co.uk
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | US diplomats grounded in Iraq row news.bbc.co.uk
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アメリカ人はうろうろせずにグリーンゾーンに引きこもっていなさいという命令。Blackwaterの事件を受けて。
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq to review all security firms news.bbc.co.uk
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The Iraqi government said it wanted to determine whether such contractors were operating in compliance with Iraqi law.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'Fair probe' vow on Iraq gunfight news.bbc.co.uk
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何これ。。。Iraq has banned North Carolina-based Blackwater USA from the country after the shoot-out in Baghdad on Sunday.
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A very private war | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited www.guardian.co.uk
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Blackwater社について細かい話。未読。The man behind this empire is 38-year-old Erik Prince, a secretive, conservative Christian who once served with the US Navy's special forces and has made major campaign contributions to President Bush and his allies.
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Russia votes to allow private armies for energy giants | Russia | Guardian Unlimited www.guardian.co.uk
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Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | A true land of opportunity www.guardian.co.uk
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2004年4月のファルージャ総攻撃のきっかけとなったブラックウォーター社、キミット准将が「犯罪者を捕まえる」としていたが、結局それはうやむやになってるし。/BW社以外にもいろいろあるがそこまではつっこんでない
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New 'Russian Express' card aims to keep businessmen safe on Moscow's streets - Markets - Times Online business.timesonline.co.uk
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November 20, 2006 アンドレイ・ルゴボイの仕事はこういう関係の仕事だろう。とすれば、「英国企業と渡りをつける」のに何ら不自然なところはない。問題はリトビネンコがどういう仕事をしていたかで、その点の情報がない
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BBC NEWS | UK | UK worker feared killed in Iraq news.bbc.co.uk
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このほかにも、何人かkidnapされている。
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Guardian Unlimited | UK Latest | Beckhams' bodyguard killed in Iraq www.guardian.co.uk
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BeckhamのボディーガードがAegisに入ってイラクに行っていた
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | West Midlands | Security worker killed in bombing news.bbc.co.uk
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The Olive Group
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CorpWatch - From Mercenaries to Peacemakers? www.corpwatch.org
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November 29th, 2005/To some, Tim Spicer, a Falklands Islands war veteran with weathered good looks, embodies the industry’s old rogue image. これこれ、これ探してたのよ~。
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Nottinghamshire | Ex-Gurkhas guarding Ikea car park news.bbc.co.uk
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イースターホリデイ中、混乱が予想されたIKEAの店舗の警備に、元グルカ兵投入。"My experience of peacekeeping duties certainly helps," he said.
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No justice for all - Salon.com News www.salon.com
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Not a single civilian has been prosecuted for prisoner abuse in Iraq. Army investigations, however, have identified several civilian contractors as involved with the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib. ようやく出てきたな。
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Fifty Iraqi security men captured news.bbc.co.uk
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There are thought to be at least 250 such companies (=private security firms) in Baghdad, increasingly taking over from Western security contractors. But another concern is that the raid may be linked to one of the militias operating in Baghdad, our correspondent adds.
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Kalashnikovs for Hire in Iraq - A multinational army of private security contractors keeps the occupation functioning. By Nathan Hodge www.slate.com
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Azerbaijan's commandos was a relatively low-profile program. It's understandable: The country is sandwiched between Russia and Iran, and sending a contingent of uniformed U.S. military trainers would be a provocative move. A private contractor helps keep things under the radar.
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