Jeremy Scahill - Blackwater

Rahman, Hussam Abdul

Ramirez Sanchez, Ilich (Carlos the Jackal)

Ramos, Daniel

Rangers, former

Ratner, Michael

on Nisour Square shooting

on use of paramilitary in natural disasters

Raytheon

Razzaq, Ali

Razzaq, Mohammed Abdul

RBCD

Reagan, Ronald

Rebranding campaigns

of Blackwater as peacekeepers

of Greystone Ltd.

of mercenaries as legitimate, acceptable

of mercenary as term

Rebuilding America’s Defenses (PNAC)

Red Tactica

Reed, Jack

Reeder, Edward

Reeves, Phil

Regency Hotel and Hospital Company (Kuwait)

Reid, Richard

Reilly, Robert

Reiss, James

Religious right. See Christian conservative movement

The Religious Right in Michigan Politics (Bellant)

Rendition Group of CTC

Renditions of prisoners

by Blackwater

CIA program

by Cofer Black’s operations

to Guantánamo Bay

by private aviation companies

to Uzbekistan

Republican Party

See also Neoconservative movement

Republican Revolution (1994)

Rhyne, Jim

Rice, Condoleezza

Ricks, Thomas

Ritter, Scott

Rivas, John

Roberts, John

Robertson, Pat

Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste

Roche, James

Roe v. Wade

Rogers, Mike

Rohrabacher, Dana

Romania

Romm, William

Root, Elihu

Rowe, Melvin

See also see Blackwater sixty61 plane crash

Rubaie, Ahmed Hathem al-

Rubaie, Jawad al-

Rubaie, Mahasin al-

Rubaie, Raad al-

Rudy, Lisa

Rudy, Tony

Rules of engagement of U.S. military

Rumsfeld, Donald

on Al Jazeera

and Caspian project

and Cofer Black

and extensive privatization of military

and Fallujah

and IG Joseph Schmitz

on Iraqi death squads

and Perle scandal

Rumsfeld Doctrine

Running to Paradise (Bremer, Frances)

Rush, Mike

Rusk, Dean

Russia

and BTC pipeline

and the U.S. in Afghanistan

See also Caspian Sea region, Caspian Guard project

Saab, Ahmed Jaber

Saakashvili, Mikheil

Sabri, Ahmed

Sadr, Muqtada al-

and Bremer

Sadr City, Baghdad

Saha, Haitham

Salaries of mercenaries

Colombians’ fraudulant contracts

disparity with U.S. soldiers’ pay

in New Orleans operations

Salman, Ali Khalaf. See Khalaf, Ali Salman

Salman, Hassan Jabar

Salvador option

Samir, Hussein

Sanchez, Ricardo

Sanders, Bernie

Sandline

Sanger, David

Sankoh, Foday

Santorum, Rick

Saro-Wiwa, Ken

Scalia, Antonin

Schakowsky, Jan

Scheuer, Michael

Schmitz, John G.

Schmitz, John Patrick

Schmitz, Joseph E.

background

Boeing scandal

Boykin controversy

dealings with Blackwater

as Inspector General

Perle scandal

religious zealotry, rhetoric

Shaw scandal

School of the Americas (SOA), U.S. Army

School vouchers

Schroen, Gary

Schumer, Charles

Schwan, Joseph Vincent

Scowcroft, Brent

SEALs. See Navy SEALs

Second Marine Expeditionary Force

Secrecy

black contracts of Blackwater

black fund for paramilitary

covert CIA prisons

dirty wars covertly armed by U.S.

Security contractors

Blackwater as leader in Iraq

concerns over increased use

costs, values of industry

from foreign countries ( see Foreign mercenaries)

future roles projected

in New Orleans operations

perceived as Mossad or CIA

protected from prosecution, litigation( see also Immunity from prosecution and litigation)

as term

Senor, Dan

September 11, 2001, attacks

See also 9/11 conspiracy theories

Serbian commandos

Sessions, Pete

Shadid, Anthony

Shamsudeim, Edtesam

Shaw, John “Jack,”

Shaw Group

Shays, Christopher

Sheehan, Casey

Sheehan, Cindy

Sheikhly, Tahseen

Shell Oil Corporation

Shepperd, Don

Shevardnadze, Eduard

Shiite militiamen

Shippy, Jeffrey

Shkin, Afghanistan

Shoot-Out at Blackwater

Shorrock, Tim

Shrek

Sierawski, Jim

Sierra Leone

Sig Sauer Blackwater 9-mm Special Edition

Silverstein, Ken

Simpson, Cam

Singer, Peter W.

on Aegis cost-plus contract

Sirico, Robert

60 Minutes II TV program

Skinner, Richard

Sky Link

Slave redemptions

Sloan, Melanie

Slough, Paul

Smart bombs

Smith, Adam

Smith, Christopher

Smith, H. C. Lawrence

Smith, Jamie

Smith v. Halliburton Co.

Soldier of Fortune magazine

Soldiers, U.S.

subject to rules of engagement

See also Salaries of mercenaries; Specific branches of military service

Somalia attack (1993)

South Africa

South African apartheid mercenaries

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Sovereignty handover

Special Forces soldiers, former

at Najaf battle

recruited

Special Operations Command

Special Operations forces

Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFE)

Special Police Commandos

Special Tactical Systems

Spicer, Tim

Spoelhof, John

Spohrer, Robert

Starr, Ann Exline

Starr, Gregory

Starr, Kenneth

State Department, U.S.

awards WPPS contracts

and Azerbaijan

Cofer Black resigns

conflict of interest over Blackwater contracts

militarization of Bureau of Diplomatic Security

State of Denial (Woodward)

Staton. R.

Status of Forces agreement

Steele, James

Steele Foundation

Stephens, Donald

Steroids

Stevens, Ted

STI Aviation

Stop Outsourcing Security (SOS) Act

Stranger in the Arena (Schmitz, John G.)

Strong, Martin

Sudan

See also Darfur Region, Sudan

Sununu, John H.

Surveillance blimps

Swaggart, Jimmy

Swannack, Charles

SWAT conference. See World SWAT Challenge conference

Tabbah, Amer

Taguba, Antonio

Tajikistan

See also Caspian Sea region, Caspian Guard project

Tanzania U.S. embassy bombing

Tarfi, Fuad

Tarmiya, Iraq

Tarsa, Mike

Tauscher, Ellen

Taylor, Chris

on Caspian project

on independent army concept

IPOA code of conduct

Teague, Mike

See also Fallujah ambush (March 2004)

Tenet, George J.

Terrorist Threat Integration Center

Thabit, Adnan

Thatcher, Mark

Theocons. See Theoconservative movement

Theoconservative movement

and Bremer bodyguard contract

and private army concept

view of Clinton

“These Guns for Hire” (Koppel) in New York Times

Thiab, Sarhan

Thomas, Ben

Thomas, Clarence

Thompson, A. C.

Thorliefson, Eric

Thorne, John

Tierney, John

Tikrit, Iraq

Titan Corporation

Toohey, Patrick

on Najaf battle

Torture

Abu Ghraib prison

in Azerbaijan

at Bagram, Afghanistan

by Honduran death squads

by Islam Karimov

under Pinochet’s regime

of renditioned prisoners

White House on

See also Humanitarian abuses

Torture Taxi (Paglen; Thompson)

Total Force concept

and Blackwater 61 plane crash lawsuit

defined

and KBR

mercenaries recognized as

and tort liability system