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	Private Military Corporations - SourceWatch
		Private military corporations, private military firms, private security companies, military services providers, the privatized military industry are all attempts to label the phenomena of private companies offering services on the world market that have normally been duties of national military forces or involve armed security detail for business in unstable regions.
		Private military contractors are the second largest force in Iraq with over twenty thousand active personnel in the country.
		The single largest issue introduced by the evolution of military services by the private sector is the degree to which corporations are now transcending the power of governments, rising as an influential variable within international and regional diplomacy, and redefining sovereignty in the 21st century.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Private_Military_Corporations (4166 words)

	Soldiers of Good Fortune
		Private military companies supply bodyguards for the president of Afghanistan, construct detention camps to hold suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, and pilot armed reconnaissance planes and helicopter gunships to eradicate coca crops in Colombia.
		Private military companies emphasize their patriotism and expertise, positioning themselves as a sort of corporate battalion staffed by ex-soldiers who remain eager to serve their country.
		Private companies, by contrast, are able to operate in almost complete secrecy, with little accountability to civilian or military authorities.
	www.motherjones.com /news/feature/2003/05/ma_365_01.html (4396 words)

	Private Military Companies (PMCs) - Definition of the Private Military Company
		Private Military Companies (PMCs) - Definition of the Private Military Company
		It is a potential because the mere presence of a PMC can deter aggressors from considering the use of force a viable course of action.
		Neither does there have to be an actual or potential military role; a PMC's involvement may as well be directed towards enhancing the recipient's military and security capabilities.
	www.privatemilitary.org /definition.html (208 words)

	WESTMINSTER INTERNATIONAL - Security - Private Military Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Today's world is a far cry from the 1960s when private military activity usually meant mercenaries of the rather unsavoury kind involved in post-colonial or neo-colonial conflicts.
		However times have changed dramatically and today there is a growing need for professional, highly respected private military companies and organisations to assist and help protect national, corporate and private assets and personnel from a wide range of risks.
		ISEC Corporate Security is a private military company and as such has the flexibility to deploy a large reaction force, quickly, efficiently and with the minimum of fuss.
	www.wg-plc.com /international/security/privatemilitary.html (373 words)

	Private military company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Military staff are lured by the fact that entry level positions with the various companies can pay up to $100,000 a year, which is 2-3 times more than what an average special forces soldier is paid.
		Could you speak to, since the private contractors are operating outside the Uniform Code of Military Justice, could you speak to what law or rules of engagement do govern their behaviour and whether there has been any study showing that it is cost-effective to have them in Iraq rather than US military personnel.
		Employees of private military company CACI were involved in the Iraq Abu Ghraib prison scandal in 2003, and 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Private_military_contractor (2955 words)

	Private Armies
		PMC's may be involved in influence peddling on behalf of mineral extractors or receive introduction fees and commissions from multinationals, though.
		Private firms have a large pool of qualified applicants, due to worldwide political realignments and defense cutbacks since 1989...
		Maybe a special class of company needs to be created, for this purpose so they can be audited and tracked and to clarify their relationship with the government (for whom they act).
	www.sandline.com /hotlinks/private_armies.html (3529 words)

	Iraq occupation makes possible record profits for British private military contractor
		Amongst the functions of the company is to pass on information on the activity of insurgents, providing a daily intelligence service to contractors, as well as tracking the position of their vehicles.
		The private military industry is growing with some estimating annual contracts in the $10-20 billion range, while others cite figures as high as $100 billion.
		The use of private military forces or mercenary armies by states is not a recent development, but its global proliferation has very modern roots.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press948.htm (1912 words)

	P.M.C. - Your portal to Private Military Contractors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		PMC’s are about more than a few thousand 'security guards' protecting VIP’s and foreign corporate personnel.
		More than 120,000 private contractors are in Iraq, the majority of these perform reconstruction duties.
		Private military contractors have suffered an estimated 250 deaths and 900 wounded so far in Iraq -- more than any single U.S. Army division and more than the rest of the coalition combined.
	www.privatemilitarycontractor.com (551 words)

	..:://Brillstein Security Group - Private Military Company, Services - Corporate Warriors - Combat Support, Land ...
		A PMC must adjust its understanding of the fundamental nature of the conflict in which the client is involved, rather than just seek to apply concepts derived from conventional warfare.
		A PMC should educate leaders at all levels in the political aspects of the use of force as well as preparing them for the challenge of ‘ambiguity’.
		A PMC must also be able to fully understand the market and social component, PR and marketing and so forth, in order to assist and protect the client's needs in total and prevent the client from any harm.
	www.corporate-warriors-global.com /private_military.htm (476 words)

	contractors - defense services outsourcing - Private Military Company : SECOPEX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SECOPEX, is one of the french's leading professionnal services companies engaged in defence, security and organizationnal programs in France and overseas.
		SECOPEX has been incorporated in april 2003 and is a corporation of former military leaders from the french special and elite forces and high graduated civilian experts, is specialized in international risk management consultancy.
		Built on the vision that the former military and law enforcement communities are national ressources, SECOPEX is headquartered in Carcassonne with offi e in Lyon, Paris, with a network of correspondents abroad (Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Ivory-Coast, Angola, central Africa republic; Congo democratic republic, Russia, Kuwait).
	www.secopex.com /secopex_qui_en.htm (162 words)

	EUBSA - STOP teams About us, Informations - Special Tactics and OPerations - private military company
		EUBSA STOP units also acts as PMC, private military company, but specializes on private and unconventional land warfare; however, our network of security companies worldwide, the Brillstein Security Group also offers any kind of military or private security service a client might need.
		Politics and economics do play a VERY important role in private military operations, thus a private military operator of high standard MUST have necessary skills in those fields also.
		That means, we DO know about the needs of our clients, about running a company, about politics and about all those complex issues of the modern world.
	www.eubsa.com /STOP/flash/info_stop.htm (461 words)

	Private Military Companies (PMCs) -
		A newsletter has followed on the ups and down in the continent of political, military and social groups, of the great changes in political power, of the roles of armies and armed struggles, and of financial and economic development: http://www.africa-confidential.com/
		From Gaza to Iraq, military contractors are taking over more and more jobs from the military - a practice that is proving wildly profitable and terribly perilous.
		A swarn of private contractors bedevils the U.S. military.
	www.privatemilitary.org /magazine.html (562 words)

	COMPANY OFFERS PRIVATE MILITARY OUTSOURCING
		Blackwater USA is offering the government the ability to contract an army fighting force that could be deployed in Iraq or other war-torn regions of the world, according to the Virginia Pilot.
		The Blackwater website now states that it is a “professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping and stability operations firm who provides turnkey solutions.” Blackwater trains soldiers on a 6000-acre facility in North Carolina.
		A private army wouldn’t be subject to the same political pressures and wouldn’t have to report statistics such as death counts to the American public.
	www.freemarketnews.com /WorldNews.asp?nid=10898 (317 words)

	ARTICLE: Blackwater USA says it can supply forces for conflicts (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)
		Cofer Black, vice chairman of the Moyock, N.C.-based private military company, told an international conference in Amman, Jordan, this week that Blackwater stands ready to help keep or restore the peace anywhere it is needed.
		As a security subcontractor escorting a convoy in Iraq in 2004, the company attracted worldwide attention when four of its workers were killed, mutilated and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.
		Peter Singer, a scholar at the Brookings Institution who has written a book on private military companies, said the concept of private armies engaging in counter-insurgency missions raises myriad questions about staffing standards, rules of engagement and accountability.
	home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=102251&ran=202519&tref=po (735 words)

	IDPL : (PMC) Private Military Company, (EOD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal
		IDPL : (PMC) Private Military Company, (EOD) Explosive Ordnance Disposal
		International Defence Procurement and Logistics Limited (IDPL ltd) is a Private Military Company (PMC) which specialises in problem resolution and the provision of consulting services.
		Our purpose is to offer governments and other legitimate organisations specialist military and internal security expertise at a time when western national desire to provide active support to friendly governments, and to support them in conflict resolution, has materially decreased, as has there capability to do so.
	www.idpl.co.uk (231 words)

	Iraq occupation makes possible record profits for British private military contractor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Payment for these services was said to be $10 million in diamond mine concessions (Sandline at the time had a close relationship to Diamondworks, a company with diamond concessions in Sierra Leone.)
		The Sunday Times confirmed this individual was Spicer, who was thought to pass the message along to Simon Mann and Greg Wales, former business associates and fellow coup plotters.
		The four men, all retired military veterans-Capt. Bill Craun, Sgt. Jim Errante, Cpl. Ernest Colling, and Will Hough-worked for an American company named Custer Battles, hired by the Pentagon to conduct dangerous missions guarding supply convoys.
	www.serve.com /pfc/pmcbride/060227wsws.html (1888 words)

	Alternative News Network, Cairns, tropical north Queensland, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		PORT MORESBY (The National Online/Pacific Media Watch): Sandline International, a British company involving mercenaries that described itself as a private military company, shut down its operations last month - seven years after its aborted attempt to intervene in the Bougainville dispute.
		The April 16 announcement on the company's website said the decision was taken because of a "general lack of governmental support for private military companies willing to help end armed conflicts in places like Africa".
		General Singirok said Spicer had been able to visit many centres and was "given the freedom to get an overview of the military situation".
	us.altnews.com.au /nuke/article.php?sid=7079 (671 words)

	International Risks management Specialist - Private Military Company - Strategic and Operationnal Support Company - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		International Risks management Specialist - Private Military Company - Strategic and Operationnal Support Company - Maritime security - ISPS code - RSO - PFSO : secopex
		In a global context destabilised by increasing insecurity and crisis, where conflicting economic interests lead to ever more offensive strategies; companies feel the need to anticipate, fend off, and counter risk in order to preserve their present and future competitivity.
		We offer solutions in the fields of safety and security (audit, risk analysis, escort in sensitive areas investigations, protection, economic intelligence…) which take into account the evolution of the threat and meet the demands of the client (state, institution, private concern).
	www.secopex.com /index_en.htm (129 words)

	CorpWatch : Iraq's Private Warriors
		• Salary of British ex-commando working for a private military company: up to $20,000 per month
		• Salary of Nepali ex-commando working for a private military company: $1,500 per month
		Fee charged by Aegis Defence Services for overseeing private military contractors in Iraq: $293 million
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=11551 (380 words)

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