News Sources: Blackwater Controversy in Iraq
Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with the Blackwater USA within six months and pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed when the private security firm's guards sprayed a traffic circle with heavy machine gun fire last month. They also called on U.S. authorities to hand over the Blackwater security agents involved in the Sept. 16 shootings to face possible trial in Iraqi courts. The tone of the Iraqi demands appear to signal further strains between the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the White House, and raised questions over the use of private security contractors to guard U.S. diplomats and other officials. Reporters looking for experts to comment on this situation can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):
Robin Wagner-Pacifici - Professor of Sociology/Anthropology, Swarthmore College - Wagner-Pacifici is an authority on society's response to terrorism. She is the author of The Art of Surrender, about the history of military surrender and conflict resolution, and Theorizing the Standoff, about destructive confrontations such as those at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
Fred Thompson - Goudy Professor of Public Management and Policy, Willamette University - Thompson is the author of Reinventing the Pentagon, which looks at defense reform efforts. He is a consultant to the Air Force Materiel Command and the Office of Performance Improvements and Management Reengineering. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Society of Military Controllers as editor of the Handbook of Public Finance in 1998.
Bob Snyder - Professor of Political Science, Southwestern University - Professor Snyder can discuss Middle East politics, U.S. foreign policy and Islamist terrorism. He is the author of Hating America: Bin Laden as a Civilized Revolutionary and The Myth of Preemption: More than a War Against Iraq.
Robin Wagner-Pacifici - Professor of Sociology/Anthropology, Swarthmore College - Wagner-Pacifici is an authority on society's response to terrorism. She is the author of The Art of Surrender, about the history of military surrender and conflict resolution, and Theorizing the Standoff, about destructive confrontations such as those at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
Fred Thompson - Goudy Professor of Public Management and Policy, Willamette University - Thompson is the author of Reinventing the Pentagon, which looks at defense reform efforts. He is a consultant to the Air Force Materiel Command and the Office of Performance Improvements and Management Reengineering. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Society of Military Controllers as editor of the Handbook of Public Finance in 1998.
Bob Snyder - Professor of Political Science, Southwestern University - Professor Snyder can discuss Middle East politics, U.S. foreign policy and Islamist terrorism. He is the author of Hating America: Bin Laden as a Civilized Revolutionary and The Myth of Preemption: More than a War Against Iraq.
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