Thursday, August 07, 2008

"But no company provides a more stark example of the tactic than DynCorp. In addition to listing its Iraq workers as employees of its Dubai subsidiary - and mandating that disputes be heard only in Dubai - DynCorp also added a provision to the contracts of roughly 150 Americans hired to guard a US military base in Qatar that the "courts of Qatar shall alone have jurisdiction" to resolve disputes." And who but the oil sheikhdoms can guarantee (in)justice to the victims of those hired...guns? (thanks Tarek)