Blackwater
"Spicer is effectively in charge of the second largest military force in Iraq – some 20,000 private soldiers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress wants to update a law that has protected Blackwater USA and other private security contractors in Iraq from criminal prosecution, but the White House has expressed doubts.
Rice apologises for US security firm shootingsEwen MacAskill in WashingtonSeptember 18, 2007The Guardian The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, apologised to the Iraqi government yesterday in an attempt to prevent the expulsion of all employees of the security firm Blackwater USA.
Iraq revokes Blackwater's licence after shooting kills 8 civiliansBAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government said Monday that it was revoking the licence of an American security firm accused of involvement in the deaths of eight civilians in a firefight that followed a car bomb explosion near a State Department motorcade.
Meet the Counterterrorism-Industrial Complexhttp://harpers.org/sb-meet-the-counterterrorism-1158675678.htmlSep.
THE SCHMITZ FAMILY TREE Joseph Edward Schmitz is the son of the late John G. Schmitz, former California Sta.