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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