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More Trouble for Spicer Contract

Posted By: March 29, 2013

U.S. Senators Join Caucus Campaign to Block Deal CAPITOL HILL. August 30, 2004 — Presidential Candidate John Kerry, Senators Teddy Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and Charles Schumer have lent their support to a campaign launched by the Irish National Caucus to have the U.S Separtment of Defence cancel a contract it, incredibly, gave to […]

Security firm’s $293m deal under scrutiny

Posted By: March 29, 2013

By Charles M. Sennott, Boston Globe, June 22, 2004 LONDON — A private British firm that won a $293 million contract from the Pentagon for coordinating security in Iraq is headed by a retired British commando with a reputation for illicit arms deals in Africa and for commanding a murderous military unit in Northern Ireland, […]

U.S. Contract to British Firm Sparks Irish American Protest

Posted By: March 29, 2013

Anger Over Iraq Deal Stems From 1992 Murder in Belfast By Mary Fitzgerald Washington Post Staff Writer Federal Page Monday, August 9, 2004; Page A13 Irish Americans are lobbying the Bush administration to revoke a $293 million Iraq security contract awarded to a British firm after raising concerns about the chief executive’s military past in […]

Tear Up That Contract, Mr. Bush

Posted By: March 29, 2013

It has Irish Blood on It Capitol Hill . July 22, 2004 — President Bush has been told to tear up the Spicer contract, because it has Irish blood on it — the blood of young Peter Mc Bride who was gunned down, unarmed and innocent, in Northern Ireland in 1992, by the Scots Guard. […]

Spicer contract approved as mercenary links revealed

Posted By: March 29, 2013

by Tom Griffin, 8 October 2004 Irish World The controversial £293 Iraq security contract awarded to former British Officer Lt Col Tim Spicer by the US Defence Department is set to go ahead following an official investigation. Irish-Americans have demanded that the contract be blocked because of Spicer’s role as commander of the Scots Guards […]

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