Project Matrix operation
also: Matrix
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Coalition Provisional Authorityorganization · 3South Africacountry · 1United Statescountry · 1United Kingdomcountry · 1U.S. Armyorganization · 1Rhodesiacountry · 1Pentagonorganization · 1War Dogsbook · 1Simon Mannperson · 1Tim Spicerperson · 1Aegis Defense Servicesorganization · 12004 Equatorial Guinea coup attemptevent · 1Global Policy Grouporganization · 1Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairsorganization · 1Irancountry · 1Joint Contracting Command Iraq-Afghanistanorganization · 1
Claims (6)
Tim Spicer funded
Project Matrix documented
“military groups. The plot that catapulted Mann into a jail cell in Zimbabwe was a classic mercenary operation that seemed to be real-life adaptation of Dogs of War. Spicer and Mann had been partners and compatriots in the private military w…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 2 @ 51:46
Pentagon funded
Project Matrix documented
“And they're not sharing intelligence. There's not a single coordination going on. And this is unlike anything that any military doctrine would ever allow to happen. The idea developed in the 2004 contract known as Project Matrix. Jointly de…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 2 @ 44:57
Coalition Provisional Authority funded
Project Matrix documented
“And they're not sharing intelligence. There's not a single coordination going on. And this is unlike anything that any military doctrine would ever allow to happen. The idea developed in the 2004 contract known as Project Matrix. Jointly de…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 2 @ 44:57
Joint Contracting Command Iraq-Afghanistan funded
Project Matrix documented
“3.348 million pounds from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to protect Italians aid workers in southern Iraq. But that was nothing compared to Project Matrix renewal. In January 2007, after the Joint Contracting Command Iraq-Afghanist…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 4 @ 32:29
Aegis Defense Services competed_for
Project Matrix documented
“For the $475 million contract, Blackwater, Enris, Armored Group, DynCorp, Control Risk Group, and Aegis entered the competition. On April 1st, the Army announced the competition had narrowed to Armored Group and Aegis. But then while the tw…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 4 @ 32:55
Aegis Defense Services awarded_contract
Project Matrix documented
“who had served 13 years of active duty in the U.S. Army, had filed at least a dozen protests against the use of private military companies, all were dismissed, as this one would be too. By mid-September, Aegis was awarded the contract, this…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Invisible Soldiers by Hagedorn Part 4 @ 34:16
Mentions (8)
▶ 44:57
And they're not sharing intelligence. There's not a single coordination going on. And this is unlike anything that any military doctrine would ever allow to happen. The idea developed in the 2004 contract known as Project Matrix. Jointly de…
▶ 45:26
to create and manage a coordination center for more than 50 other private military and security companies throughout Iraq. The company in charge thus would have the power to oversee and coordinate security over Iraq, including the exchange …
▶ 46:56
targeting Department of Defense personnel, resources, and facilities, and for the task of advising other contractors on intelligence. In short, the job was to safeguard all contractors working on reconstruction beyond the lifespan of the so…
▶ 47:45
But behind the scenes, a large complex of military private military security companies would soon be in place to help reconstruct Iraq, coordinated by the winner of the Matrix contract. This was no small job nor a small contract. It was on …
▶ 48:12
That meant armed contractors and collection of sensitive information. By some accounts, the contractor's importance was that it funded a coordination hub that could prove to be the invisible spine of the new Iraq. The sending and receiving …
▶ 51:46
military groups. The plot that catapulted Mann into a jail cell in Zimbabwe was a classic mercenary operation that seemed to be real-life adaptation of Dogs of War. Spicer and Mann had been partners and compatriots in the private military w…
▶ 31:27
to winning additional U.S. contracts. With the Matrix renewal coming up, lobbying and networking was essential components to Aegis image building in Washington. Helping with that was a group called Global Policy Group, which in 2007 was und…
▶ 32:29
3.348 million pounds from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to protect Italians aid workers in southern Iraq. But that was nothing compared to Project Matrix renewal. In January 2007, after the Joint Contracting Command Iraq-Afghanist…