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	<title>Private Military Herald &#187; Iraq</title>
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		<title>US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/11/21/us-to-drop-shooting-case-against-blackwater-guard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Prosecutors say they&#8217;ll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.
In court documents Friday, prosecutors said they have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped.
The request itself was sealed, so it&#8217;s unclear why the case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial of British contractor in Iraq postponed</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/11/16/trial-of-british-contractor-in-iraq-postponed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(AP) – BAGHDAD — The trial of a British security contractor accused of shooting two colleagues to death has been postponed, an Iraqi official said Sunday.
Justice Ministry spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar said the trial of Danny Fitzsimons, which had been expected to begin Sunday, has been delayed because the venue is being moved to another building.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incident in IZ Highlights New Iraqi Clout</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/10/07/incident-in-iz-highlights-new-iraqi-clout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anthony Shadid
 Washington Post Foreign Service

BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 &#8212; In a dramatic illustration of shifting authority in the Green Zone, once an American preserve here, Iraqi soldiers confronted a security detail contracted by the U.S. government, detained four of the guards and beat them in a standoff last week that lasted at least two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Casey pushes crackdown on government contractors</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/10/04/sen-casey-pushes-crackdown-on-government-contractors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/10/04/sen-casey-pushes-crackdown-on-government-contractors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robin Acton
One month after the latest electrocution in Iraq, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has proposed an amendment to a defense appropriations bill that would hold government contractors accountable for the safety of overseas military personnel and civilians working abroad.
The legislation would close a loophole that allowed shoddy electrical work and other problems on American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator calls for investigation into electrocution of Triple Canopy contractor</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/15/senator-calls-for-investigation-into-electrocution-of-triple-canopy-contractor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press&#8211;WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday asked the State Department and Pentagon to investigate the electrocution of a 25-year-old private security contractor while showering in his dormitory in Baghdad.
Reid said he wants to know whether Adam Hermanson&#8217;s death resulted from faulty electrical work. Hermanson, who died Sept. 1, grew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Father&#8217;s Day without dad</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/09/03/a-fathers-day-without-dad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
 By TIMOCI VULA


(Fiji)&#8211;While most children around the country look forward to Father&#8217;s Day to celebrate the day with their dads, it will not be the same for Nausori Primary School class four student Paulini Nasokia.
Paulini lost her father Kitione Nasokia, 49, in a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad last Wednesday where he was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calls for accused guard&#8217;s return</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/25/calls-for-accused-guards-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Efforts to bring a security guard facing the death penalty in Iraq back to Britain are intensifying, his lawyer has said. 
BBC NEWS
Danny Fitzsimons, 33, is being held over the alleged shooting of two colleagues in Baghdad&#8217;s Green Zone.
Briton Paul McGuigan and Australian Darren Hoare were killed on 9 August.
John Tipple, lawyer for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports Revive Debate on Contractor Use</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/22/reports-revive-debate-on-contractor-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Lawmakers, Critics Warn That Military, CIA May Rely Too Much on Private Firms
 By Walter Pincus

The disclosure that the CIA once hired Blackwater USA for elements of an assassination program has brought back into focus the wide range of intelligence and military activities that are being contracted out to private firms.
Some lawmakers have balked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Things went really bad&#8217; says British ex-soldier facing Iraq death penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/22/things-went-really-bad-says-british-ex-soldier-facing-iraq-death-penalty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paratrooper turned security guard Daniel Fitzsimons tells of night in Baghdad that left him accused of shooting dead two men
By Martin Chulov
The British security guard facing the death penalty in Baghdad says he can remember little about the night he is accused of shooting dead two colleagues, except that things &#8220;went really, really bad, really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mad, bad or just dangerous to know?</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/16/mad-bad-or-just-dangerous-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/08/16/mad-bad-or-just-dangerous-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Gillard (The Sunday Times)
Armed and very drunk, Daniel Fitzsimons was intent on showing off to his  fellow private security guards based at Baghdad airport. It was two o’clock  one morning in January last year and, although he was unwounded, Fitzsimons  had acquired a cocktail of Valium and morphine.
“I saw him [...]]]></description>
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