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Irish Echo. August 4-10, 2004 By Ray O’Hanlon rohanlon@irishecho.com President Bush is being urged to cancel an Iraq security contract that involves a onetime British army officer linked to the death of a man in northern Ireland. The death of Peter McBride, shot dead by two members of the Scots Guards regiment, remains one of […]
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August 25, 2004 Honorable Donald Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Room 3E880 The Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20301 Dear Secretary Rumsfeld: We are writing to request you to ask the Inspector General to investigate a $293 million Iraq security contract given troubling concerns that recently have come to light. The contract, which we understand is the largest […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]