Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 16, 2009. The horrifying case of Jamie Leigh Jones, who was allegedly gang raped in Iraq shows how corporate interests take priority over human life.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 16, 2009. The Obama administration continues to rely upon private contractors to interrogate detainees.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. June 10, 2009. Half of the personnel working for the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan are private contractors. This is a colossal rip-off to taxpayers.
Pratap Chatterjee, Tomdispatch.com. June 3, 2009. Is Halliburton forgiven and forgotten? Despite shocking revelations about its greed and cynicism to US soldiers, the company keeps its contracts.
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. May 20, 2009. Bribes, kickbacks, concealing gang rapes, and engaging in human trafficking are among the crimes listed in a new class action lawsuit.
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. March 18, 2009. Six years into the war, many U.S. bases in Iraq are still without incinerators, leaving open pits spewing toxic plumes over soldiers and civilians.
Renee Feltz, Indypendent. February 10, 2009. A new book on Halliburton looks at how a symbol of epic fraud in Iraq achieved so little with so much money.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. December 18, 2008. Under the agreement approved by the Iraqi government last week, U.S. contractors will be subject to Iraqi law for the first time.
Allen McDuffee, AlterNet. October 3, 2008. A new documentary depicts the struggles of the abused, exploited, and invisible migrant workers employed by military contractors in Iraq.
Cara, Feministe AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 8, 2008. "It shows that when it comes to rape cover up, KBR knows what the hell it's doing, and knows that no one will even bother trying to stop them."
Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent. August 7, 2008. Numerous private civilian contractors have died in Iraq under KBR's watch, yet the firm is immune from U.S. law.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. May 22, 2008. War, Inc. is more than just a spoof of the corporatization of war; it's a powerful, visionary response to the cheerleading corporate media.
Sarah Stillman, Truthdig. May 2, 2008. With American fast food readily available to U.S. troops, their expanding waistlines make a good metaphor for the general engorgement of the war.
Dana Goldstein, RH Reality Check. April 21, 2008. U.S. servicewomen are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. It's time we dealt with this national disgrace.
Karen Houppert, The Nation. April 17, 2008. Sexual assault crimes by military contractors are going unprosecuted, not for a lack of legal tools, but a lack of will.
