On AlterNet: kuwait

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "kuwait"

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

David Isenberg, CorpWatch. June 27, 2011.

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

Why the Dark Secrets of the First Gulf War Are Still Haunting Us

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. February 27, 2009.

Americans, and our leaders, would do well to take a hard look at the war that we continue to love only because we never got to see it.

Report: Notorious Palestinian Mercenary Was Hired by U.S. to Find Link Between Saddam and Al-Qaeda

Robert Fisk, Independent UK. October 25, 2008.

Iraqi papers obtained by The Independent state that Abu Nidal was "colluding" with the U.S.

How 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho

Penny Coleman, AlterNet. September 17, 2008.

Questions remain about how depleted uranium waste from the first Gulf War was transferred, and whether health risks were posed.

Bush mockery from Kuwaiti singer [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, February 5, 2007.

Another ally alienated by the divider and decider?

U.S. Role in Saddam's Invasion of Kuwait [VIDEO]

Barry Lando, January 30, 2007.

CIA backed Kuwait from the get-go...

Asian Workers Trafficked to Build U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

David Phinney, CorpWatch. October 26, 2006.

The State Department quietly awarded a corrupt Kuwaiti company a $592-million contract to build the embassy in Iraq.