{"id":1814,"date":"2009-12-04T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2009-12-04T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T20:11:57","slug":"the-privatized-war-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/04\/the-privatized-war-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"The privatized war in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Facing South<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernstudies.org\">Institute for Southern Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Click on the number to go to the original source.)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional number of American troops President Obama plans to deploy to Afghanistan: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEZSUFUsVKDou-f4CTYoK6tugAUpvrnbpglEF5KDIbhO07BfMk7L9VmFqs6UKgFb_hd7Xi9o2YkXTwopvRgld6ZhXZwOa3GB3OwTxvG33lHrGisfHyacER9bsV3hajNkfpYDmTS6wPKXIP_vV_bBK5ty4QymeQjfNZUPinEQyWjFXSkfjhp0R2LjLac-zfNNCN4pbzEO7cUiMvwWwHCrgZz4bxJzpASstM=\" target=\"_blank\">30,000<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Total number of U.S. troops that will be there after the deployment: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEhhekImkCl0YngwpRwCvM-_QUPztq8X0QX3Y1wxwJMm3ZUOnF3GDprx1c-Ztps77tzXqGCl5Szg3IWb4194tWCDCvY7jm6-HsEhqw2h2IYRa_E7RtSP5iWhXQjCDHS1voqaKFGBI6Tvw==\" target=\"_blank\">98,000<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Number of private contractors working for the U.S. in Afghanistan as of September 2009: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEPn-dllUHBBE_Z17USzEgL2QtEj5g9G1mbIXIIJN4JhwTZDdyCUnKsFRRlfLTta-hslJBOrGitaPIVUV6Rbl-6W1AR4FU5vD2rn1YOSUXrLgSSJ9HqryBUn2T4ITn1iNxlm5p_1T7XOIPjL37g7gv1\" target=\"_blank\">104,101<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Percent by which that number grew between June and September: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEPn-dllUHBBE_Z17USzEgL2QtEj5g9G1mbIXIIJN4JhwTZDdyCUnKsFRRlfLTta-hslJBOrGitaPIVUV6Rbl-6W1AR4FU5vD2rn1YOSUXrLgSSJ9HqryBUn2T4ITn1iNxlm5p_1T7XOIPjL37g7gv1\" target=\"_blank\">40<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Percent of the Defense Department&#8217;s workforce in Afghanistan accounted for by contractors: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsGirY-_GNTlsD1rnYvj_krNhP_LpgnL1jpv5q5nG3Xb5Bwh4u2YBoy0G3lqipdQp92-e8cNq3uW29_xQhFAx1YCw-3rOj_DCXtmx6It3943T5TNIj1KZNnOFxQ7_HJMjJq-RiRcCFzVyh6fU_OGSHYhcQNi8X17jZi7JvEHXkn0y29Z8Pf7up1z\" target=\"_blank\">57<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Number of conflicts in U.S. history involving a higher percentage of contractors: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsGYszOE4hkug0Gu1razZ0VCuDem83ADShFLayfz3487SWTPhv73VieJpAmmBeK5zrwu6xkVzEGhYRN3fMLDRJugNRzlqnEqYeFTxadSYWCC9Y73xLZppTB_DLYjhO-KjKu4A_o6VuNN5pBsjCCDI135Uy0AW9zxyFQIwj_KDrWypaJf03Wkf7HobnMVRjxHYRmEnIcNojzwEsyskqWW4fdY\" target=\"_blank\">0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Percent of the U.S. presence on the ground during the Vietnam War accounted for by contractors: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsGirY-_GNTlsD1rnYvj_krNhP_LpgnL1jpv5q5nG3Xb5Bwh4u2YBoy0G3lqipdQp92-e8cNq3uW29_xQhFAx1YCw-3rOj_DCXtmx6It3943T5TNIj1KZNnOFxQ7_HJMjJq-RiRcCFzVyh6fU_OGSHYhcQNi8X17jZi7JvEHXkn0y29Z8Pf7up1z\" target=\"_blank\">13<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Percent of the Defense Department&#8217;s 2008 budget devoted to contracts and grants: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsGirY-_GNTlsD1rnYvj_krNhP_LpgnL1jpv5q5nG3Xb5Bwh4u2YBoy0G3lqipdQp92-e8cNq3uW29_xQhFAx1YCw-3rOj_DCXtmx6It3943T5TNIj1KZNnOFxQ7_HJMjJq-RiRcCFzVyh6fU_OGSHYhcQNi8X17jZi7JvEHXkn0y29Z8Pf7up1z\" target=\"_blank\">82<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Estimated value of Defense Department contracts in Afghanistan awarded to Texas-based Fluor and Virginia&#8217;s DynCorp: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEPn-dllUHBBE_Z17USzEgL2QtEj5g9G1mbIXIIJN4JhwTZDdyCUnKsFRRlfLTta-hslJBOrGitaPIVUV6Rbl-6W1AR4FU5vD2rn1YOSUXrLgSSJ9HqryBUn2T4ITn1iNxlm5p_1T7XOIPjL37g7gv1\" target=\"_blank\">$7.5 billion<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Amount Fluor&#8217;s PAC contributed to federal candidates in 2008: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEsEDBX8ZN1eEiAsnhoKczagwC6vkKUUE1gfUlRbfgimvoqsZvZp2D5tfOKc13ak1Ll_-7vCyQXnFrXcAQ1nFD4XJBowGmTPrDT5StpVB2DXy6L7kc7LAmtSQFnb-IYUtYhQzG_8Ed8fCQSI_S3CuDmkKtxfwltxFwcv5soQgweIA84kXHON318\" target=\"_blank\">$305,499<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Amount DynCorp&#8217;s PAC contributed to federal candidates in 2008: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsHsLjB7oZnboMkIFkdrZTA8RARbJqLmiU8JmpH0Q5r7dK9W_Y6ZEJsbwv9pfJUTGeR6HAAi8rbWIW1oZpVpvdIMBjeJeMh_5-k_A9_lR4ErbpjtLjDXwtS0Y25Cg514KAE6TCsul_YcOYIf-ziBDwdXdpoO-O86QHvKjlCvwuwe0rOCOkx7HkcC\" target=\"_blank\">$51,999<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Date on which a financial analyst announced that Fluor and DynCorp\u00a0 stood to benefit from deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEuSARsIKt0joNJBWmHaDpwdv6MHn8Dj0v4QrOp_n7kgcEctpkURTQfTehzH1EOGGgy9cCei3q3A6rbH4YLYVwBgyHuDgQ7cbQGkVINFspQOCwQS7iuGW_sDUE5LVsP0ZMDgANkfZU2BlPD9qTAI_wnwdyTIEj7CW4IDKX0SldquU1c9Zbs74jOhitKgxfkikk=\" target=\"_blank\">12\/2\/2009<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Amount by which Fluor&#8217;s share prices rose in that afternoon&#8217;s trading: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEuSARsIKt0joNJBWmHaDpwdv6MHn8Dj0v4QrOp_n7kgcEctpkURTQfTehzH1EOGGgy9cCei3q3A6rbH4YLYVwBgyHuDgQ7cbQGkVINFspQOCwQS7iuGW_sDUE5LVsP0ZMDgANkfZU2BlPD9qTAI_wnwdyTIEj7CW4IDKX0SldquU1c9Zbs74jOhitKgxfkikk=\" target=\"_blank\">33 cents<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Amount by which DynCorp&#8217;s share prices rose: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsEuSARsIKt0joNJBWmHaDpwdv6MHn8Dj0v4QrOp_n7kgcEctpkURTQfTehzH1EOGGgy9cCei3q3A6rbH4YLYVwBgyHuDgQ7cbQGkVINFspQOCwQS7iuGW_sDUE5LVsP0ZMDgANkfZU2BlPD9qTAI_wnwdyTIEj7CW4IDKX0SldquU1c9Zbs74jOhitKgxfkikk=\" target=\"_blank\">30 cents<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Month in which DynCorp disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had made payments to expedite visas and licenses, potentially violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsHz2bsj6GACaDNzYi0T7onoqaFdgYS5J5I0WYOMfHjm5EDvsgUXzfg6qJNSohHwSEu4yiBguftHF-BPegylR5IXfhTEwyo5HgHVto-42QaGyoMk4V_qJ7hPD457UqMY7Vp3og613SS3IJb2tvQPqplZzghHrbcT7uiuFqfgUcXNbA==\" target=\"_blank\">11\/2009<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The estimated total for these illegal payments: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsHz2bsj6GACaDNzYi0T7onoqaFdgYS5J5I0WYOMfHjm5EDvsgUXzfg6qJNSohHwSEu4yiBguftHF-BPegylR5IXfhTEwyo5HgHVto-42QaGyoMk4V_qJ7hPD457UqMY7Vp3og613SS3IJb2tvQPqplZzghHrbcT7uiuFqfgUcXNbA==\" target=\"_blank\">$300,000<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Date on which an investigation was announced on behalf of DynCorp investors over possible securities law violations by the company: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsHFQ_8nJk76p-SkwR3ZIThCdt1GEfwUEijgC77vBCW8Xld6rl8WJ4m2UE-8jOgfxC2uMh0MNHCnuafSbA5MYLPDz74_0l6--zST_zp5UmuihjHL4uyLDD_xQ0vKR5CvmtCeRVRpc-e4TUSGKSTcap9Ync8VuqIn13y-sDGyusylsgDuoC6wJZtp\" target=\"_blank\">12\/3\/2009<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Value of a U.S. contract with DynCorp to train Iraqi police that federal auditors said was so mismanaged they were unable to determine how the money was spent: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsFMyr9iCA-62kJCViduEixmDclM1FRiJwjw8_ZKnAz0ehZzPmrFGl3kTIte-ryvk4L3wHvnYRdr3UedAinhS0pN6CAaorSn4xpa6wj54PLFMxke3DRycUoDOHaakJ74jY9IDpPWi2CheQ==\" target=\"_blank\">$1.2 billion<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Year in which the U.S. Commission on Wartime Contracting is scheduled to release a comprehensive study of contracting in war zones: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rs6.net\/tn.jsp?et=1102867019231&amp;s=541&amp;e=001GFBrfGbhgsGYszOE4hkug0Gu1razZ0VCuDem83ADShFLayfz3487SWTPhv73VieJpAmmBeK5zrwu6xkVzEGhYRN3fMLDRJugNRzlqnEqYeFTxadSYWCC9Y73xLZppTB_DLYjhO-KjKu4A_o6VuNN5pBsjCCDI135Uy0AW9zxyFQIwj_KDrWypaJf03Wkf7HobnMVRjxHYRmEnIcNojzwEsyskqWW4fdY\" target=\"_blank\">2011<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Facing South Institute for Southern Studies (Click on the number to go to the original source.) Additional number of American troops President Obama plans to deploy to Afghanistan: 30,000 Total number of U.S. troops that will be there after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/04\/the-privatized-war-in-afghanistan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-newscommentary","category-sc-newscommentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}