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By Tony Capaccio July 30 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. inspector general for Iraq reconstruction is investigating the May award of a $293 million security contract to a London-based consulting firm as critics said it should be rescinded, according to a new report. The audit related to the Aegis Defence Systems Ltd. contract, to be completed […]
Posted By: March 29, 2013
Published on Thursday, June 24, 2004 by the Los Angeles Times by Robert Young Pelton On May 25, the U.S. Army awarded Lt. Col. Tim Spicer, formerly of the British army, and his company, Aegis – a tiny 2-year-old London-based holding corporation – the largest and most important security contract of the Iraq war. Over […]
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Center For Public Integrity By Duncan Campbell WASHINGTON, October 30, 2002 – The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been fighting one of the world’s longest and bloodiest terrorist wars, but July 24, 2001, marked their most devastating attack in 18 years of fighting against the Sri Lankan government. In virtually destroying Bandaranaike International Airport […]
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By Ray O’Hanlon Irish Echo September 8-14, 2004 rohanlon@irishecho.com The backdrop to the row over the “Spicer” contract with the Pentagon for security-related work in Iraq is beginning to resemble the plot of a Frederick Forsythe novel. “The Dogs of War,” to be precise. The affair is turning up a whole slew of British public-school […]
Posted By: March 29, 2013
by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch, June 9th, 2004 (http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11350) Occupation authorities in Iraq have awarded a $293 million contract effectively creating the world’s largest private army to a company headed by Lieutenant Colonel Tim Spicer, a former officer with the Scots Guard, an elite regiment of the British military, who has been investigated for […]