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Amenetum, one of America’s largest private military contractors, is working with Libya’s Government of National Unity to strengthen its control of the war-torn country. The State Department and DoD contractor arrived at the Mitiga air base in the capital of Libya in early February 2024. The organization, with the consent of the Government of National Unity of Libya, oversees the …

A fire of undetermined origin in the Mafraq area of Kuwait City killed at least 49 people, mostly migrant workers.  Most of the fatalities were due to suffocation, Gen. Eid Rashed, from the police criminal forensic department, told state television. He warned the death toll could rise, adding that eleven people were being treated in hospitals. Authorities had identified three …

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Virginia-based CACI must face a new trial over its alleged involvement with the notorious Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq. Judge Leonie Brinkema granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial and denied CACI’s motion for judgment as a matter of law. The decision follows a civil trial earlier this year where an …

Sources say the Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country’s military maintain and repair weapons systems shipped from America. “We have not made any decisions, and any discussion of this is premature,” said one administration official. “The president is absolutely firm that he will not be …

For military veterans, burn pit coverage is this generation’s Agent Orange coverage. For years, the VA denied that this defoliant caused health problems. Finally, the VA conceded what seemed logical all the time, which was that the toxic substance that killed plant cells in Southeast Asia also killed human cells in the people who handled this chemical. Yet even today, …