> This is from a posting today from a reputable international development
job
> website -- it looks like they are also going to take on judicial
> reconstruction, and even human rights...
>
> * * * *
> DynCorp International, a CSC Company, is accepting CV/Resumes for Judicial
> Positions to support the rebuilding of the Judicial System in Iraq. This
> includes Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys as well as individuals with an
> international background in Rule of Law, Democratization and Human Rights.
>
> Minimum Requirements: US Citizen, Jurist Doctorate, 3-5 years experience
> in domestic/international law, previous experience working with US
> Government or Non Governmental Organizations. Background in judicial
> systems development is a plus.
>
> Interested individuals should email their CV/resume to
> newmanh@dyncorp.com <mailto:newmanh@dyncorp.com>. Reference in Email Subject Line: IQ0403.
>
>
> Scandal-hit US firm wins key contracts
>
> Antony Barnett
> Sunday April 13, 2003
> The Observer
>
> A US military contractor accused of human rights violations has won a
> multi-million-dollar contract to police post-Saddam Iraq, The Observer can
> reveal.
> DynCorp, which has donated more than £100,000 to the Republican Party,
> began recruiting for a private police force in Iraq last week on behalf of
> the US State Department.
>
> The awarding of such a sensitive contract to DynCorp has caused
> consternation in some circles over the company's policing record. A
British
> employment tribunal recently forced DynCorp to pay £110,000 in
compensation
> to a UN police officer it unfairly sacked in Bosnia for whistleblowing on
> DynCorp colleagues involved in an illegal sex ring.
>
> An Observer reporter who contacted the firm's US headquarters purporting
to
> be a potential police recruit for Iraq was told it was hoping to 'get
> people on the ground in two to four weeks'. The recruiter told the
reporter
> he could expect a salary of $80,000plus 'hazard bonuses'. He was offered a
> contract of between three months and a year and told he did not need to be
> able to speak Arabic. He had to be a US citizen who had served as a police
> officer in America, and when the reporter said he had worked in Texas for
a
> number of years he was told he sounded 'ideal'.
>
> Despite DynCorp's demands for US citizens only, it is offering the private
> contracts through its British office in Aldershot.
>
> Former Labour Defence Minister Peter Kilfoyle said last night: 'I find it
> difficult to believe that, at a time when bringing law and order to Iraq
> needs to be handled with delicacy and sensitivity, a private American firm
> like DynCorp is entrusted with this job.'
>
> DynCorp's advert, posted on a US website and headed 'Iraq mission', stated
> that it was acting on behalf of the US Department of State's Bureau of
> International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. It was seeking
> 'individuals with appropriate experience and expertise to participate in
an
> international effort to re-establish police, justice and prison functions
> in post-conflict Iraq'.
>
> The company is looking for active duty or recently retired policemen and
> prison guards and 'experienced judicial experts'.
>
> While the US has promised help in bringing law and order to Iraq, the
> involvement of DynCorp has caused concern as it has been involved in a
> series of recent high-profile scandals involving personnel in sensitive
> missions overseas.
>
> DynCorp personnel contracted to the United Nations police service in
Bosnia
> were implicated in buying and selling prostitutes, including a girl as
> young as 12. Several DynCorp employees were also accused of videotaping
the
> rape of one of the women.
>
> When Dyncorp employee Kathy Bolkovac blew the whistle on the sex ring she
> was dismissed by the company for drawing attention to their misbehaviour,
> according to the ruling of a British employment tribunal in November.
>
> DynCorp has also been heavily criticised over its involvement in Plan
> Colombia, instigated by Bill Clinton, that involves spraying vast
> quantities of herbicides over Colombia to kill the cocaine crop.
>
> A group of Ecuadorean peasants have filed a class action against the
> company alleging that herbicides spread by DynCorp in Colombia were
> drifting across the border, killing legitimate crops, causing illness, and
> killing children. The company denies the charges.
>
> DynCorp, which has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia, employs almost
> 25,000 staff, many of them former US military personnel. The Observer was
> unable to reach DynCorp for comment.
>
> Additional reporting by Solomon Hughes