by Jeremy Scahill August 14, 2009 Despite the Iraqi government’s announcement earlier this year that it had canceled Blackwater’s operating license, the US State Department continues to allow Blackwater operatives in Iraq to remain armed. A State Department official told The Nation that Blackwater (which recently renamed itself Xe Services) is now operating in Iraq under the [...]

by Pat LaMarche August 12, 2009 Have you participated much in the debate swirling around George Sodini? He’s the man who walked into an aerobics class in Collier, Pa., last week, killed three women and wounded nine more. Since then I’ve heard more than a few discussions about gun control. See, it turns out that at least [...]

Four men with the U.S. firm once known as Blackwater are said to be under investigation in the deaths of two Afghans. A U.S. report found serious fault with private security firms in Afghanistan.

How the Pentagon bought stability in Iraq by funneling billions of taxpayer dollars to the country’s next generation of strongmen. by Shane Bauer August 12, 2009 It’s a bright day in February, and I am in a pink villa on the outskirts of Fallujah, sitting with a tribal sheikh and a Marine commander as they hunch over a [...]

by Jeremy Scahill August 7, 2009 Just days before two former Blackwater employees alleged in sworn statements filed in federal court that the company’s owner, Erik Prince, “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe,” the Obama administration extended a contract with Blackwater for more than $20 million [...]

by Jeremy Scahill August 4, 2009 A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company’s owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or [...]

And Ten Steps to Take to Do So by Chalmers Johnson July 30, 2009 However ambitious President Barack Obama’s domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with [...]

by John Markoff and Tom Shanker August 1, 2009 It would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history. In 2003, the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies made plans for a cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in the bank accounts of Saddam Hussein and cripple his government’s financial system before the United States [...]

english (original) version below El problema con la Responsabilidad de Proteger por Jean Bricmont 28 de julio, 2009 El 23 de julio, un debate sobre la Responsabilidad de Proteger tuvo lugar ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. La Responsabilidad de Proteger (RdP) es un concepto adoptado por los líderes del mundo en 2005, que hace a los [...]

The Way to Power by Dr.Bouthaina Shaaban July 29, 2009 After the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) published its report on the Arab world, with one of its shocking conclusions being that half of the world’s refugees are Arabs, The Economist published in its latest edition July 24-30  a 14-page report about the Arab world with an editorial [...]