{"id":20986,"date":"2014-10-28T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=20986"},"modified":"2014-10-28T15:17:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:17:41","slug":"20986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/20986\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercenaries Hired by US Problem in Middle East?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To avoid putting American citizens&#8217; boots on the ground against ISIS in the Middle East, private contractors are being hired by the US.\u00a0 A trial of private contractors who were charged with kiling Iraqi citizens in Baghdad in 2007 has just come to an end.\u00a0 One man was charged with murder and three others with manslaughter.\u00a0 Private contractors are often reckless and unaccountable.<\/p>\n<p>Ths cost to the US is estimated at $8.3 million a day.\u00a0 That comes to $580 million between August 8 and October 16.<\/p>\n<p>Is it time for the US to back out of the MIddle East?\u00a0 The US does not need Middle Eastern oil any more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/20986\/middle-eastern-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20987\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Middle-Eastern-Oil-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Middle Eastern Oil\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Middle-Eastern-Oil-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Middle-Eastern-Oil.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To avoid putting American citizens&#8217; boots on the ground against ISIS in the Middle East, private contractors are being hired by the US.\u00a0 A trial of private contractors who were charged with kiling Iraqi citizens in Baghdad in 2007 has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/20986\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An opportunity for companies like Blackwater to make money, is also an opportunity for corruption and waste and unaccountable behavior by private contractors on the ground.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Susan_Hall\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/20986\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"W-T-W.org - Women and Finance\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mercenaries Hired by US Problem in Middle East? 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