BY: BARBARA ELLESTAD — “God kept us there for a reason,” said Kris “Tanto” Paronto about the night the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi fell to a terrorist attack Sep. 11, 2012. “Three of us were supposed to leave 10 days earlier. If we had left on schedule I believe the casualty count would have been higher.” Speaking […]
Like in the Balkans, the U.S. should get Iraq’s warring sides to the table at all costs. In the fall of 1995 Bosnia was on the edge, forced into a ceasefire after 3 years of some of the most vicious and inhumane sectarian warfare in history. Hatred between the Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats exceeded anything […]
A Texas federal judge dismissed subcontractor C3PO’s nearly $6.6 million suit against DynCorp International LLC over an Afghanistan housing project canceled after a terrorist attack, saying lawyers for the two sides agreed to drop the case. U.S. District Judge John H. McBryde’s Feb. 12 order said DynCorp. attorney Garreth A Sarosi called that day to […]
Humanitarians and Private Security Companies: Time for Dialogue By Jean S. Renouf — WELL AHEAD OF his time, Jean Marguin wrote, as early as 2000, “It is not out of the question to believe that the armed defence of most countries in the world, the missions of collective security entrusted to international organizations and the protection of NGOs’ humanitarian operations […]
Department of Justice (DOJ) — Centerra Services International Inc., formerly known as Wackenhut Services LLC, has agreed to pay $7.4 million to resolve allegations that Wackenhut violated the False Claims Act by double billing and inflating labor costs in connection with a contract for firefighting and fire protection services in Iraq, the Department of Justice […]