Stories by Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill, an independent journalist who reports frequently for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now!, has spent extensive time reporting from Iraq and Yugoslavia. He is currently a Puffin Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. Scahill is the author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.
As a translator who fled Saddam becomes the face of a "crackdown" on contractors, Blackwater is rewarded with another year in Iraq.
Posted on Apr 10, 2008
Neither Clinton nor Obama has a real plan to end the occupation of Iraq, but they could be forced to change position.
Posted on Apr 1, 2008
Blackwater might not be leaving any time soon.
Posted on Feb 28, 2008
All of a sudden, DC establishment figures care about "international law" when it suits their interests in Kosovo.
Posted on Feb 23, 2008
Journalist Dahr Jamail talks about the current state of Iraq and why an immediate withdrawal of American troops is necessary.
Posted on Feb 13, 2008
Protesters who re-enacted one of Blackwater's worst civilian massacres in Iraq got jail time, while the real killers remain free.
Posted on Jan 29, 2008
Despite disgrace, Blackwater's business is booming and the company is pursuing political power from deep inside Mitt Romney's campaign.
Posted on Dec 8, 2007
Every day, new revelations emerge in the mounting scandal rocking the Bush Administration and the mercenary company.
Posted on Nov 16, 2007
So far Blackwater has only received a slap on the wrist after killing innocent civilians. Are the U.S. and Iraqi governments finally ready to send them packing?
Posted on Sep 28, 2007
Since launching the "global war on terror," the administration has funneled billions of public dollars to "private contractors" and more than doubled the size of the occupation with these hired guns.
Posted on Aug 13, 2007
The Democrats' plan does almost nothing to address the second largest force in Iraq -- the estimated 126,000 private military "contractors" who will stay put there as long as Congress continues funding the war.
Posted on May 1, 2007
The Bush Administration is increasingly dependent on private security forces to do its dirty work, Jeremy Scahill reveals in his new book,
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.Posted on Mar 20, 2007
A federal judge has ruled that a wrongful death suit against the mercenary firm can proceed.
Posted on Aug 26, 2006
We're still in the dark about why the U.S. government is writing all those blank checks to Blackwater Security.
Posted on Aug 16, 2006
Lawsuits by families of soldiers-for-hire killed in Falluja have put a major war profiteer in the cross-hairs.
Posted on May 1, 2006
The new photos from the Iraqi prison obliterate any idea that what happened there wasn't torture. So why is CNN treating it like nothing more than a military scandal?
Posted on Feb 16, 2006
Cindy Sheehan wasn't welcome -- but a Saudi accused of supporting al Qaida was.
Posted on Feb 6, 2006
What to do when the war you crafted starts getting bad press? According to a recently leaked memo, Bush would have liked to shoot the messenger -- literally.
Posted on Dec 3, 2005
Given the very public temper tantrum Bush directed at the Qatar-based television network, it may not be 'outlandish' to believe he intended to bomb Al Jazeera.
Posted on Nov 28, 2005
Until the Democrats admit their complicity -- going back 15 years or more -- in the war on Iraq, there's no chance for withdrawal.
Posted on Nov 21, 2005
The man Bush appointed to handle federal response to a flu pandemic or bioterror attack is just a well-connected Republican lawyer with zero medical expertise.
Posted on Nov 14, 2005
Yesterday's presidential videoconference 'from' Tikrit was a crude example of the kind of propaganda Iraqis have lived with for years. But this time, the target audience was Americans.
Posted on Oct 14, 2005
The frightening -- and possibly illegal -- presence of heavily armed private forces in New Orleans only demonstrates what everyone already feared: the utter breakdown of the government.
Posted on Sep 22, 2005
Blackwater mercenaries are some of the most feared professional killers in the world. What are they doing prowling the streets of NOLA?
Posted on Sep 12, 2005
Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena wants to know why U.S. forces would attack a car without warning and from behind on a secure road that has no checkpoints
Posted on Mar 28, 2005
Immediate communication, on the streets: Activists are using text messaging to organize. Can you hear me now?
Posted on Sep 11, 2004
Paramilitaries, embedded journalists and illegal protests. Think you're in Iraq? Think again.
Posted on Dec 1, 2003
Despite clear conflicts of interest, Ashcroft is refusing to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate Karl Rove's involvement in the CIA leak.
Posted on Oct 2, 2003
Allegations that Karl Rove illegally blew the cover of a CIA operative have rocked the administration. But will a proper investigation ever be conducted?
Posted on Sep 30, 2003
It's ironic that while the Fox News Network rallies for war, its execs are busy paying Baghdad tens of thousands of dollars every month.
Posted on Feb 6, 2003
Iraqis in the oil-rich city of Basra know that their nation's greatest asset may soon prove it be its downfall.
Posted on Dec 19, 2002
Citizens of the southern city of Basra are gearing up to be in the frontline of yet another war. They are weary, afraid, and ready to fight.
Posted on Nov 5, 2002
The Iraqi people and its military are preparing for what many see as an inevitable massive attack by Washington.
Posted on Nov 5, 2002
The protests held by Iraqi families last week were important and newsworthy. But as usual, the mainstream media got it entirely wrong.
Posted on Oct 28, 2002
