Among the Highest Spending in the World: An International Report Reveals the Size of Military Spending In Iraq
NAS – Baghdad Iraq ranked 15th internationally as the country that spends the most on its military — $20.5 billion....
Private Military Companies
An international campaign to regulate the Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) and put an end to their crimes and impunity.
How Iraq is Planning to Secure Key Border Road?
Almonitor – Mustafa Saddoun Iraq is trying to revive the Trebil border crossing between Iraq and Jordan, which was closed...
US Department of Defence Spend on Guns in ‘War on Terror’ Revealed
Source: aoav.org.uk In the 14 years following the terror attacks of 9/11, the US Department of Defence (DoD) issued contracts that, if fulfilled,...
The Invisible Force: A New Report Released by The International Institute for Nonviolent Action – NOVACT
Source: NOVACT The International Institute for Nonviolent Action – NOVACT, is pleased to introduce our new report “The Invisible Force”, a comparative...
Privatising Security Must not Lower Standards of Protection and Accountability – UN Rights Expert
GENEVA – OHCHR The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, today has called...
Iraq Borrows $ 2.7 Billion from the United States
Source: Almaalomah The US embassy in Baghdad revealed that Iraq has borrowed $ 2.7 billion to finance the ammunition and maintenance...
Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves
MARCUS WEISGERBER – Defense One Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number...
Iraq Counts on Magic Wands to Stop ISIS
Source: thedailybeast Despite warnings they didn’t work, Baghdad bought $85 million worth of gadgets that supposedly detect explosives. Today, two years...
U.S. Court Reinstate a Lawsuit Accusing Company Contracting with the Pentagon to Torture in Iraq!
BAGHDAD / YNews After a decade on Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq, a U.S. appeals court reinstated a lawsuit...
Ghosts of Baghdad
America’s Army of Contractors Hasn’t Gone Anywhere. They Just Work for The Iraqi Government Dan Lamothe: January 23, 2014, ForeignPolicy.com The Pentagon...
Basra invites British back for security role
03 Jan 2014 – The Telegraph Six years after the last British troops left amid a barrage of bombs and...
The Military and Security Company “G4S” should leave Basra, Iraqi working sites should be protected by responsible and accountable public security
It should not be a passing accident the protest by a group of Iraqi workers against the actions of the...