Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

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by Jeremy Scahill


  Personal security detail (PSD). See Blackwater Security Consulting; Security contractors

  Peru

  Petelicki, Slawomir

  Peters, Ralph

  Petraeus, David

  Philippines, Philippine commandos

  Phoenix assassination program (Vietnam)

  Photographs of Fallujah

  Pike, John

  Pinal Airpark, Arizona

  Pinkerton Detective Agency

  Pinochet, Augusto

  The Pinochet File (Kornbluh)

  “Pipeline to Peril” article (Simpson) in Chicago Tribune

  Pizarro Ovalle, Jose Miguel “Mike,”

  PKK Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan)

  Plane crash in Afghanistan. See Blackwater sixty61 plane crash

  Planned Parenthood v. Casey

  Poland, Polish commandos

  Political question doctrine

  Pombo, Richard

  Pope Air Force Base

  Posse Comitatus Act

  Potter, John

  Potter, Kathy

  Poulin, K. C.

  Powell, Colin

  Powell, Tom

  Predator spy drone

  Presidential Airways

  See also Blackwater Aviation; see Blackwater sixty61 plane crash

  Price, Jay

  Priest, Dana

  Prince, Edgar

  Prince, Elsa Zwiep (later Broekhuizen)

  Prince, Erik

  and Apramoff lobbying scandal

  background

  and Blackwater operations, policies

  and Bush administration

  on Caspian project

  and Chuck Colson

  and CIA

  on Cofer Black

  at congressional hearings

  on Constitutional oath

  on contractor brigade concept

  explores new markets

  and Fallujah ambush

  on independent army concept

  and Iraqi victims’ lawyers

  on Jordan counterterrorism training

  and Joseph Schmitz

  on mercenaries in U.S. history

  on New Orleans operations

  9/11 statements

  on Nisour Square shooting

  and recruitment of Chilean commandos

  Prince, Joan Nicole

  Prince, Joanna

  Prince, Peter

  Prince Corporation

  The Prince Group

  Prison Fellowship

  Prisoner transport. See Renditions of prisoners

  Private army

  Private Security Company Association of Iraq

  Private security forces

  appointed to guard Bremer

  deploy into Iraq in thousands

  and lack of consequences for lethal actions

  See also Mercenaries, mercenary industry; Security contractors

  Privatization of Iraq’s oil industry by Bremer

  Privatization of military and government services

  as bipartisan

  under Cheney

  expansion of

  expenditures to U.S. government

  mercenaries benefit from increases

  under Rumsfeld

  See also Outsourcing; Privatized war

  Privatized war

  effects of 9/11 attacks

  escalation of violence tied to profits

  and private army concept

  Rumsfeld Doctrine

  War Crimes Act prosecution

  See also Privatization of military and government services

  Prohibition of Mercenary Activities Act (South Africa)

  Project for a New American Century (PNAC)

  Propaganda war

  See also Sovereignty handover

  Prothero, P. Mitchell

  Psychological warfare

  Public Citizen

  Pybus, Sean

  Qatar

  Quadrennial Defense Review (Pentagon)

  Quick Reaction Force

  Quinn, F. Patrick

  R U Ready High School training at Moyock

  Radyuhin, Vladimir

  Rahman, Hussam Abdul

  Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich (Carlos the Jackal)

  Ramos, Daniel

  Rangers, former

  Ratner, Michael

  on Nisour Square shooting

  on use of paramilitary in natural disasters

  Raytheon

  Razzaq, Ali

  Razzaq, Mohammed Abdul

  RBCD

  Reagan, Ronald

  Rebranding campaigns

  of Blackwater as peacekeepers

  of Greystone Ltd.

  of mercenaries as legitimate, acceptable

  of mercenary as term

  Rebuilding America’s Defenses (PNAC)

  Red Tactica

  Reed, Jack

  Reeder, Edward

  Reeves, Phil

  Regency Hotel and Hospital Company (Kuwait)

  Reid, Richard

  Reilly, Robert

  Reiss, James

  Religious right. See Christian conservative movement

  The Religious Right in Michigan Politics (Bellant)

  Rendition Group of CTC

  Renditions of prisoners

  by Blackwater

  CIA program

  by Cofer Black’s operations

  to Guantánamo Bay

  by private aviation companies

  to Uzbekistan

  Republican Party

  See also Neoconservative movement

  Republican Revolution (1994)

  Rhyne, Jim

  Rice, Condoleezza

  Ricks, Thomas

  Ritter, Scott

  Rivas, John

  Roberts, John

  Robertson, Pat

  Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste

  Roche, James

  Roe v. Wade

  Rogers, Mike

  Rohrabacher, Dana

  Romania

  Romm, William

  Root, Elihu

  Rowe, Melvin

  See also see Blackwater sixty61 plane crash

  Rubaie, Ahmed Hathem al-

  Rubaie, Jawad al-

  Rubaie, Mahasin al-

  Rubaie, Raad al-

  Rudy, Lisa

  Rudy, Tony

  Rules of engagement of U.S. military

  Rumsfeld, Donald

  on Al Jazeera

  and Caspian project

  and Cofer Black

  and extensive privatization of military

  and Fallujah

  and IG Joseph Schmitz

  on Iraqi death squads

  and Perle scandal

  Rumsfeld Doctrine

  Running to Paradise (Bremer, Frances)

  Rush, Mike

  Rusk, Dean

  Russia

  and BTC pipeline

  and the U.S. in Afghanistan

  See also Caspian Sea region, Caspian Guard project

  Saab, Ahmed Jaber

  Saakashvili, Mikheil

  Sabri, Ahmed

  Sadr, Muqtada al-

  and Bremer

  Sadr City, Baghdad

  Saha, Haitham

  Salaries of mercenaries

  Colombians’ fraudulant contracts

  disparity with U.S. soldiers’ pay

  in New Orleans operations

  Salman, Ali Khalaf. See Khalaf, Ali Salman

  Salman, Hassan Jabar

  Salvador option

  Samir, Hussein

  Sanchez, Ricardo

  Sanders, Bernie

  Sandline

  Sanger, David

  Sankoh, Foday

  Santorum, Rick

  Saro-Wiwa, Ken

  Scalia, Antonin

  Schakowsky, Jan

  Scheuer, Michael

  Schmitz, John G.

  Schmitz, John Patrick

  Schmitz, Joseph E.

  background

  Boeing scandal

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  dealings with Blackwater

  as Inspector General

  Perle scandal

  religious zealotry, rhetoric

  Shaw scandal

  School of the Americas (SOA), U.S. Army

  School vouchers

  Schroen, Gary

  Schumer, Charles

  Schwan, Joseph Vincent

  Scowcroft, Brent

  SEALs. See Navy SEALs

  Second Marine Expeditionary Force

  Secrecy

  black contracts of Blackwater

  black fund for paramilitary

  covert CIA prisons

  dirty wars covertly armed by U.S.

  Security contractors

  Blackwater as leader in Iraq

  concerns over increased use

  costs, values of industry

  from foreign countries (see Foreign mercenaries)

  future roles projected

  in New Orleans operations

  perceived as Mossad or CIA

  protected from prosecution, litigation(see also Immunity from prosecution and litigation)

  as term

  Senor, Dan

  September 11, 2001, attacks

  See also 9/11 conspiracy theories

  Serbian commandos

  Sessions, Pete

  Shadid, Anthony

  Shamsudeim, Edtesam

  Shaw, John “Jack,”

  Shaw Group

  Shays, Christopher

  Sheehan, Casey

  Sheehan, Cindy

  Sheikhly, Tahseen

  Shell Oil Corporation

  Shepperd, Don

  Shevardnadze, Eduard

  Shiite militiamen

  Shippy, Jeffrey

  Shkin, Afghanistan

  Shoot-Out at Blackwater

  Shorrock, Tim

  Shrek

  Sierawski, Jim

  Sierra Leone

  Sig Sauer Blackwater 9-mm Special Edition

  Silverstein, Ken

  Simpson, Cam

  Singer, Peter W.

  on Aegis cost-plus contract

  Sirico, Robert

  60 Minutes II TV program

  Skinner, Richard

  Sky Link

  Slave redemptions

  Sloan, Melanie

  Slough, Paul

  Smart bombs

  Smith, Adam

  Smith, Christopher

  Smith, H. C. Lawrence

  Smith, Jamie

  Smith v. Halliburton Co.

  Soldier of Fortune magazine

  Soldiers, U.S.

  subject to rules of engagement

  See also Salaries of mercenaries; Specific branches of military service

  Somalia attack (1993)

  South Africa

  South African apartheid mercenaries

  Sovereign Military Order of Malta

  Sovereignty handover

  Special Forces soldiers, former

  at Najaf battle

  recruited

  Special Operations Command

  Special Operations forces

  Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFE)

  Special Police Commandos

  Special Tactical Systems

  Spicer, Tim

  Spoelhof, John

  Spohrer, Robert

  Starr, Ann Exline

  Starr, Gregory

  Starr, Kenneth

  State Department, U.S.

  awards WPPS contracts

  and Azerbaijan

  Cofer Black resigns

  conflict of interest over Blackwater contracts

  militarization of Bureau of Diplomatic Security

  State of Denial (Woodward)

  Staton. R.

  Status of Forces agreement

  Steele, James

  Steele Foundation

  Stephens, Donald

  Steroids

  Stevens, Ted

  STI Aviation

  Stop Outsourcing Security (SOS) Act

  Stranger in the Arena (Schmitz, John G.)

  Strong, Martin

  Sudan

  See also Darfur Region, Sudan

  Sununu, John H.

  Surveillance blimps

  Swaggart, Jimmy

  Swannack, Charles

  SWAT conference. See World SWAT Challenge conference

  Tabbah, Amer

  Taguba, Antonio

  Tajikistan

  See also Caspian Sea region, Caspian Guard project

  Tanzania U.S. embassy bombing

  Tarfi, Fuad

  Tarmiya, Iraq

  Tarsa, Mike

  Tauscher, Ellen

  Taylor, Chris

  on Caspian project

  on independent army concept

  IPOA code of conduct

  Teague, Mike

  See also Fallujah ambush (March 2004)

  Tenet, George J.

  Terrorist Threat Integration Center

  Thabit, Adnan

  Thatcher, Mark

  Theocons. See Theoconservative movement

  Theoconservative movement

  and Bremer bodyguard contract

  and private army concept

  view of Clinton

  “These Guns for Hire” (Koppel) in New York Times

  Thiab, Sarhan

  Thomas, Ben

  Thomas, Clarence

  Thompson, A. C.

  Thorliefson, Eric

  Thorne, John

  Tierney, John

  Tikrit, Iraq

  Titan Corporation

  Toohey, Patrick

  on Najaf battle

  Torture

  Abu Ghraib prison

  in Azerbaijan

  at Bagram, Afghanistan

 

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