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From Reuters U.S. Pays Informant Reward for Saddam's Sons

The informant who helped lead the U.S. military to ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's two sons has been paid most of a $30 million reward for the tip-off, the State Department said on Saturday.

Brief mention of Armorgroup in an editorial Privatizing peace and security: A Hobbesian dilemma

[...] the British-American firm Armorgroup recently paid an ex-Special Forces soldier $150,000 a year to protect a senior member of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.

Here's a group you should check out: Campaign to Stop the War Profiteers

Gee, even with a friend of Chalabi's on the board and William Cohen lobbying for them....the Nour contract is on hold--albeit temporarily--Losers' Protests Result in Halt to Iraq Contract

The Army said Thursday that it had halted work on a $327-million contract to equip the new Iraqi army after two losing bidders lodged formal protests against the deal.

The U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq awarded the contract last month to a U.S. consortium led by Nour USA, a Virginia-based company that the protesters say does not have sufficient experience and offered an unrealistically low bid.