13 Naomi Klein, “Downsizing in Disguise,” The Nation, June 23, 2003.
14 Romesh Ratnesar with Simon Robinson, “Life Under Fire,” Time, July 14, 2003.
15 David Leigh, “General Sacked by Bush Says He Wanted Early Elections,” Guardian, March 18, 2004.
16 Mike Allen, “Expert on Terrorism to Direct Rebuilding,” Washington Post, May 2, 2003.
17 Bremer, My Year in Iraq, p. 8.
18 Scott Wilson, “Bremer Adopts Firmer Tone for U.S. Occupation of Iraq,” Washington Post, May 26, 2003.
19 Bremer, My Year in Iraq, p. 4.
20 In My Year in Iraq, Bremer describes Defense Secretary Rumsfeld as giving him his “marching orders” regarding de-Baathification with Feith doing the groundwork, p. 39.
21 Naomi Klein, “Baghdad Year Zero,” Harper’s, September 2004.
22 Lara Marlowe, “Mission Impossible,” Irish Times, April 17, 2004.
23 Anthony Shadid, Night Draws Near, p. 152.
24 David Rieff, “Blueprint for a Mess,” The New York Times Magazine, November 2, 2003.
25 Marc Lacey, “After the War: The Military; Jobs at Risk, Ex-Iraqi Soldiers Vow Fight If Allies Don’t Pay,” New York Times, May 25, 2003.
26 Ilene R. Prusher, “Jobless Iraqi Soldiers Issue Threats,” Christian Science Monitor, June 5, 2003.
27 Edward Wong, “Beleaguered Premier Warns U.S. to Stop Interfering in Iraq’s Politics,” New York Times, March 30, 2006.
28 Andrew Marshall (Reuters), “Sacked Troops, Tribes Threaten U.S. with War,” Toronto Star, June 3, 2003.
29 Ibid.
30 Interview with Robert Frost, “Breakfast With Frost,” BBC, as quoted on the BBC Web site, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3029538.stm, June 29, 2003.
31 Romesh Ratnesar with Simon Robinson, “Life Under Fire,” Time, July 14, 2003.
32 Ibid.
33 Mark Zimmermann, “Iraq Envoy Says Faith Gives Him Strength,” Catholic Standard, June 19, 2003.
34 Ed Sealover, “Candidates Talk Religion at Focus Forum,” Colorado Springs Gazette, August 1, 2006.
35 Dick Foster, “Bremer Says He Has Background Others Lack; Lawyer Running on His International Experience, Problem-solving Ability,” Rocky Mountain News (Denver), July 26, 2006.
36 From Duncan Bremer’s campaign blog: http://bremerforcongress.blogspot.com/2006/08/freedom-of-religion.html, accessed November 13, 2006.
37 Focus on the Family radio show hosted by James Dobson, “A Visit With Ambassador and Mrs. Bremer,” June 27, 2006.
38 Mark Zimmermann, “Iraq Envoy Says Faith Gives Him Strength,” Catholic Standard, June 19, 2003.
39 Naomi Klein, “Baghdad Year Zero,” Harper’s, September 2004.
40 Ibid.
41 Jeff Madrick, “Economic Scene; The Economic Plan for Iraq Seems Long on Ideology, Short on Common Sense,” New York Times, October 2, 2003.
42 Alissa J. Rubin, Mark Fineman, and Edmund Sanders, “Iraqis on Council to Get Guards,” Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2003.
43 Author copy, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction July 2004 Quarterly Report.
44 Bill Sizemore and Joanne Kimberlin, “Blackwater: On the Front Lines,” Virginian-Pilot, July 25, 2006.
45 L. Paul Bremer, My Year in Iraq, p. 148.
46 L. Paul Bremer, My Year in Iraq, p. 152.
47 Ibid.
48 Jonathan E. Kaplan, “Private Army Seeking Political Advice in D.C.,” The Hill, April 14, 2004.
49 Dana Priest and Mary Pat Flaherty, “Under Fire, Security Firms Form an Alliance,” Washington Post, April 8, 2004.
50 John Helyar, “Fortunes of War,” Fortune, July 26, 2004, as posted at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/07/26/377180/index.htm.
51 Chris Talor speaking at “Contractors on The Battlefield: Learning from The Experience in Iraq,” George Washington University, January 28, 2005.
52 Ibid.
53 Ibid.
54 Energy Intelligence Group, Inc., “Perspective: Doing Business in Iraq,” Energy Compass, October 16, 2003.
55 According to its filings with the North Carolina Secretary of State, Blackwater Security Consulting LLC was formed on September 29, 2003.
56 As stated on Blackwater’s Web site, www.blackwatersecurity.com/dospsd.html.
57 Ibid.
58 “In his own words: ‘The guys who do this are not money-hungry pigs,’” Virginian-Pilot, July 28, 2006.
59 Tim Shorrock, “Contractor’s Arrogance Contributed to Iraqi Rebellion, Marine Colonel Says,” http://timshorrock.blogspot.com/2005/01/contractors-arrogance-contributed-to.html, posted January 31, 2005.
60 Ibid.
61 Ibid.
62 Interview with PBS Frontline, www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/interviews/hammes.html, posted June 21, 2005.
63 Michael Duffy, “When Private Armies Take to the Front Lines,” Time, April 12, 2004.
64 Joanne Kimberlin, “Crash Course in Survival; Class Teaches Those Preparing for Iraq How to Defend Themselves Amid Danger,” Virginian-Pilot, June 30, 2004.
65 The full story of this incident is detailed in: T. Christian Miller, Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq, Little Brown and Company, New York, 2006, pp. 169-171.
66 T. Christian Miller, Blood Money, p. 168.
67 Interview with PBS Frontline, www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/interviews/hammes.html, posted June 21, 2005.
68 As reported by CNN, “Purported bin Laden Tape Offers Gold for Bremer,” http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/bin.laden.message, posted May 7, 2004.
69 Robert Young Pelton, “Riding Shotgun in Baghdad,” Popular Mechanics, April 2005.
70 “In his own words: ‘The guys who do this are not money-hungry pigs.’” Virginian-Pilot, July 28, 2006.
71 L. Paul Bremer, My Year in Iraq, p. 151.
72 Ibid., p. 245.
73 Ibid., p. 246.
74 Alan Sipress, “Bremer Survived Ambush Outside Baghdad; Officials Don’t See Attack as Attempt at Assassination,” Washington Post, December 20, 2003.
75 Ibid.
76 Michele Faul, “Bremer Escaped Injury in Ambush on Convoy; Iraqi Woman Killed by Blast at Shiite Party Office,” Associated Press, December 19, 2003.
77 Alan Sipress, “Bremer Survived Ambush Outside Baghdad; Officials Don’t See Attack as Attempt at Assassination,” Washington Post, December 20, 2003.