http://mssparky.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:45:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://mssparky.com/2012/01/air-force-completes-kabul-shooting-investigation/ http://mssparky.com/2012/01/air-force-completes-kabul-shooting-investigation/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:07:06 +0000 Forseti http://mssparky.com/?p=27478 Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky"

Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" WASHINGTON (AFNS)- January 17, 2012 - The Air Force completed its investigation into the April 27, 2011 shooting incident at the Afghanistan air force Headquarters located in Kabul, Afghanistan, in which eight U.S. Air Force Airmen and one civilian contractor were killed in the line of duty [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Remembering the victims of Kabul airport shooting
2. Army Completes Staff Sgt. Maseth Death Investigation-Findings inconclusive
3. Security assigned to watch guards at Kabul embassy + link to Kabul Hazing PICS

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Michael Clawson, who worked for AAR Airlift of Chicago, was in Afghanistan doing work for the U.S. Defense Department. ~Tribune Star, Terre Haute, Indiana James Scott Ozier, 30, of Imperial, died Monday, January 16, 2012 in a helicopter accident while working in Afghanistan. ~ Beaver County [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. 10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours (Updated)
2. Northwest Arkansas Family Mourns Marine Killed in Afghanistan (Updated)
3. Dyncorp & DRS Technology employees killed in Afghanistan (Updated 9/13/2010)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk - Jan 12, 2012 3:55 PM CT (Bloomberg News) – Halliburton Co. (HAL), won’t face a jury on claims they sent unarmed civilian convoy drivers into an Iraqi battle zone in 2004, knowing the workers would be injured or [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Judge allows trial of suits over KBR convoy deaths
2. KBR Driver Prevails in Suit Over Convoy Danger in Iraq
3. Supreme Court turns down lawsuit against Halliburton over injury suffered in Iraq fuel convoy

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KBR Settles Suit Over Driver’s Claim Company Knew of Danger to Iraq Convoy By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Laurel Brubaker Calkins – Jan 10, 2012 10:17 AM PT KBR Inc. (KBR) settled a lawsuit brought by an injured convoy driver who claimed the company sent civilians [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR, Halliburton Won’t Face Trial in Iraq Convoy Driver Deaths, Court Says
2. KBR sent convoy despite knowing danger; 6 die; many injured
3. KBR wants Good Friday Massacre suit tossed

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" A memorial service will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel located at the corner of Caldwell Ave. and Chinowth St. in Visalia on Saturday, November 19, at 10 a.m. Jordan said the family was told Sean died of “natural causes,” [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Triple Canopy contractors killed in rocket attack
2. Adam Hermanson of Triple Canopy Electrocuted In Shower In Iraq
3. Triple Canopy’s Camp Olympia in Iraq

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Attack Near UN Offices in Southern Afghanistan Kills 5 October 31st, 2011 – The United Nations’ refugee agency says three of its employees are among the five people killed in a suicide bombing in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Desi Deandre Wade arrested for bribery while working in Kabul as DoD employee (updated 12-12-2011)
2. 10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours (Updated)
3. Security assigned to watch guards at Kabul embassy + link to Kabul Hazing PICS

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" CBS News September 6, 2011 An Afghan military official tells CBS News that the body of a U.S. national was found beheaded on Monday in eastern Kabul, days after a civilian engineer went missing in the capital city. Intelligence sources in Afghanistan told the Reuters news [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Judge says American defense contractor can sue Rumsfeld personally over torture allegations (Updated 08/10/2011)
2. 13 Americans believed killed in Kabul bombing (updated 11-4-2011)
3. Charges dropped against accused rapist, Daniel Phillips (updated 07/27/2011)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Hampstead veteran killed in Kuwait accident Jason Schreiber – (Union Leader Correspondent) – Hampstead, NH – August 5, 2011 – The Hampstead community is mourning the death of a local Air Force veteran who was killed in an accident Wednesday while working as a civilian contractor in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. DynCorp employee Kevin Davis killed in Christmas Day attack in Afghanistan
2. Daughter of KBR employee killed by friendly fire in Iraq can sue
3. ITT employee (formerly KBR) Luis Draco killed in Iraq

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" This post has been edited to correct errors in the original that reported the victim had died in Germany of her injuries.-Yes, sometimes I get it wrong too. Ms Sparky-July 26, 2011 I’ve just learned there’s been a brutal rape and death at FOB Shank in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. KBR attorneys attempt to discredit victim of brutal rape
2. Jury hears tearful testimony from KBR rape victim (Updated w/video)
3. The Grinch has stolen Christmas dinner for some Fluor employees in Afghanistan (updated 12/25/2010)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" NBC Connecticut has learned former Connecticut State Trooper who retired in 2009, was killed while serving in Afghanistan, working for a private defense firm. Former Trooper First Class Paul Protzenko, 47 years old,  was killed in action according to his son. NBC talked with Protzenko’s son [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Police Trainer, Brett Benton Killed In Afghanistan
2. Dyncorp Employee, Mark Fitzpatrick killed in Afghanistan
3. State Dept. IG Finds Waste and Mismanagement on Afghanistan Contract

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Appeals court asked to toss suits in convoy deaths (The Associated Press) – NEW ORLEANS – July 7, 2011 – A long-running suit over insurgent ambushes that killed civilian truck drivers in Iraq is back in a federal appeals court. Halliburton and former subsidiary KBR Inc. [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Halliburton must stay in “Good Friday Massacre” case
2. Judge considers new emails in Good Friday Massacre case against KBR
3. KBR’s own Memos Undermine Defense-Good Friday Massacre

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" The civilian contractor and another American who was wounded in the blast were attacked in eastern Baghdad on the way to a Baghdad University campus, the U.S. Embassy reports. Ned Parker – (Los Angeles Times) - Reporting from Baghdad -  June 23, 2011 – A U.S civilian contractor [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Soldier Shoots and Kills KBR Employee in Iraq
2. Bagram Airfield attack kills U.S. contractor – Bryan Farr
3. US sues contractor KBR over Iraq bills (Updated)

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" June 6, 2011 Richmond native killed in Afghanistan By Bill Robinson Senior News Writer The Richmond Register Mon Jun 06, 2011, 08:50 AM EDT RICHMOND — A Richmond native who had been an officer with the Kenton County Police Department was killed late last week in [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Dyncorp employee Gary Willard killed in attack on Afghanistan Police Training Facility-Updated
2. Dyncorp Afghan police trainer honored in “100 Faces of War Experience”
3. Retired Connecticut State Trooper Killed In Afghanistan

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Dept. of Defense attorney charged in Edison sex sting Two other men also arrested earlier this month (Madison News Journel) – EDISON - May 28, 2011 – A senior civilian attorney for the U.S. Department of Defense, who has high security clearance, has been charged with importuning [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. It’s hammer time – keeping defense contractors in check
2. Contracting Time Out for Booz Allen Hamilton
3. It seemed like a good idea at the time

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KBR truck drivers win a major victory in the ongoing battle with KBR regarding being forced to work “off the clock”. The KBR management war cry of “84 and no more”, meaning a driver could only document 84 hours per week on their time sheet even [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Attention KBR truck drivers past and present
2. Iraq firefighters file class action against Wackenhut
3. KBR Rape Case Highlights Problems With Secret Arbitration

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" David Isenberg – The PMSC Observer & Huffington Post Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq (Praeger Security International) Of all the things said and written about private military and security contractors working for the U.S. government in various war zones one of the least [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Contractors in Iraq are hidden casualties of war
2. Contractor Deaths Accelerating in Afghanistan as They Outnumber Soldiers
3. David Isenberg: DCMA and Contractor Oversight

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Patrick Dickson – (Stars and Stripes) – KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – An Air Force Academy professor. An F-16 pilot. A contractor who had trained Iraqi helicopter pilots, himself a retired lieutenant colonel. As names of the nine U.S. personnel killed in Wednesday’s Kabul airport shooting trickled out [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Air Force completes Kabul shooting investigation
2. Afghan officer fires on NATO troops, kills 9 (with names of victims)
3. Security assigned to watch guards at Kabul embassy + link to Kabul Hazing PICS

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — April 27, 2011 – Eight NATO troops and a contractor died Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire in a meeting — the deadliest episode to date of an Afghan turning against his own coalition partners, officials said. The Afghan officer, [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. 10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours (Updated)
2. Afghan insurgents shoot down US helicopter killing 37 (Updated 08/11/2011 with names of fallen)
3. Remembering the victims of Kabul airport shooting

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — April 19, 2011 – Jordan’s counterterrorism forces have arrested the brother of an al-Qaida triple agent who blew himself up in a CIA outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, a Jordanian security official and two Islamist leaders said Tuesday. The attack in the [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. FOB Chapman suicide bomber was al-Qaeda triple agent
2. Afghan Suicide Bomber Killed C.I.A. Operatives
3. Dyncorp Wins Afghan Police Training Contract Despite Scandals

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Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Schofield soldier admits guilt in slaying of contractor in Iraq The veteran and medic, who also assaulted three other workers, will serve a 26-year term William Cole – (Star Advertiser) – April 15, 2011 – A Schofield Barracks soldier pleaded guilty this week in military court [...] Other related posts from Ms Sparky:

1. Not guilty plea in the death of Lucas “Trent” Vinson
2. Velez fit to face court martial for the shooting death of KBR employee Lucas Trent Vinson
3. Spc. Beyshee Velez charged for Lucas Trent Vinson shooting death

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