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The volume and complexity of contract actions have overwhelmed the ability of government to plan for, manage, and oversee contractors in theater. Contracting decisions made during urgent contingencies have often neglected the need to determine whether host-nation governments can or will sustain the many projects and programs that U.S. contracts ...
A U.S. military contractor is about to head to trial over allegations that it participated in a conspiracy to torture detainees at Abu Ghraib prison during the Iraq War—20 years after infamous ...
The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now Constellis), a private military company contracted by the United States government to provide security services in Iraq, shot at Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad, while escorting a U.S. embassy convoy.
March 10 – Briton, Robbie Napier, an Aegis Security contractor, died after the IED explosion in Iraq [96] May 19 – Briton, Nic Crouch [97] was killed by a suicide car bomber in Mosul. Two other western contractors – believed to be Americans – and at least one Iraqi contractor were seriously injured in the attack.
A lawyer for the military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors Monday that the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people. “If you believe ...
A civilian contractor has died and a U.S. service member was injured in an attack claimed by a little-known group that some Iraqi officials say has links with Iran. Iraq rocket attack hits U.S ...
In Iraq, the issue of accountability, especially in the case of contractors carrying weapons, is sensitive. One major incident in 2007 involved Blackwater guards who killed 17 Iraqi civilians in a mass shooting in Nisour Square. Iraq's government maintained that this was murder but was unable to prosecute the guards because they had immunity.
ABM Secures Government Contracts in Iraq and Qatar ABM Government Services Awarded Two Linguist Task Orders by Department of Defense under DLITE Contract NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABM (NYSE: ABM ...