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Dogs of Peace.(involviing "private military companies" in international crises)
Harrier jets screamed over-head. Cobra gunships armed with rockets circled the city. Sea Knight helicopters lumbered through billowing columns of yellow smoke marking the landing sites where U.S. Marines alighted last week to seize control of war-torn Monrovia.
They were welcomed as heroes. Shouting crowds cheered and clasped the soldiers' hands. Women sang gospel songs, grateful for a sign that the fighting that has claimed more than 1,000 lives over the past two months might finally be over. An orgy of looting ensued as hordes of hungry people broke into the port in search of food and medicine after two months of near famine. But there was no denying the ...
- Who dares profits; Private military companies.(Britain's private military...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 20, 2006 700+ words
Why Britain is good at producing private military companies PRIVATE military companies, which provide armed guards for firms...in resource-rich African states. Private military companies, though often staffed by ex-soldiers...
- Making a killing: private military firms say they are the future of...
- Magazine article from: New Internationalist Verloy, Andre May 1, 2004 700+ words
...Investigative Journalists identified at least 90 private military companies that have operated in 110 countries worldwide...performed in conflict-ridden areas of Africa. Private military companies (PMCs) allow governments to pursue policies...
- Armed entrepreneurs: private military companies in Iraq.(WORLD IN REVIEW)
- Magazine article from: Harvard International Review Kwok, James March 22, 2006 700+ words
...the "soldiers of fortune," personnel from private military companies (PMCs) have been receiving undue negative...for more manpower and alternative resources. Private military companies such as Blackwater Inc. and DynCorp provide...
- A shiny shilling; The army v private military companies.(Britain's best...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 22, 2005 700+ words
...the Special Boat Service (SBS) would have disintegrated in recent years. Such has been the explosion in private military companies (PMCs) that they employ an estimated 30,000 in Iraq alone--and no government can match their fat salaries...
- Private military companies: some legal issues.
- Magazine article from: Strategic Review for Southern Africa Strydom, Hennie November 1, 2005 700+ words
...currently between 5 000 and 10 000 South Africans working for private military firms in Iraq as protectors of supply routes, bodyguards...early as 1999 into the involvement of the British-based private military company, Sandline International, in Sierra Leone, where...
- Democrats step up scrutiny of private military companies.
- Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) September 22, 2007 700+ words
...Washington policymakers have devoted to the growth of the private military industry. "We have developed this quasi-military apparatus...a 30-year-old Navy veteran who worked for another private military company, Shield Group Security. Vance said that after...
- Private military and security companies; ethics, policies and civil-military...
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News November 1, 2008 700+ words
9780415432757 Private military and security companies; ethics...to explore the explosion of private military and security companies in terms...national military forces and private military companies. ([c]20082005 Book News...
- Escort offers 'services' to private military contractors in Iraq.
- Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) August 3, 2007 700+ words
...The divide between uniformed soldiers and private military contractors is about to get wider. In a posting...visit--) Kisses, Tori" PMC is the acronym for private military companies such as Moyock, N.C.-based Blackwater USA...
Source: HighBeam Research, Dogs of Peace.(involviing "private military companies" in...