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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

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