Stories by David Isenberg

David Isenberg is the author of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq. He blogs at the PMSC Observer and the Huffington Post.

225,000 Dead and $4 Trillion Spent on Iraq and Afghanistan -- That's Now the Conservative Estimate

Posted on Jul 19, 2011, Source: Asia Times

Just how much have America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost since 2001? The truth is that we don't yet know -- but the estimates keep spiraling.

Military Subcontracters Are Providing Shoddy Services to Troops In Iraq and Afghanistan

Posted on Jun 27, 2011, Source: CorpWatch

Some of the private subcontractors that do the laundry and feed the troops are mired in scandal and legal troubles.

Karate Has Gone Global, But the Real Masters Are Still in Its Japanese Birthplace

Posted on Jun 17, 2010, Source: Asia Times

While since World War II the sport's popularity has become global, only in Okinawa can a grandmaster still send a judo student flying simply by twitching his hips.

Spinning Saddam's So-Called Links to al-Qaeda

Posted on Apr 24, 2008, Source: CounterPunch

Further evidence that the al-Qaeda/Saddam link was bogus will do little to change the distorted opinions of those who support the Iraq occupation.