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SECOPEX is staffed by personnel of elite military, ... The U.S. government has launched a review of one of the private contractors involved in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal to determine whether to bar the company from future federal business, ... PMCs have been lucrative targets for acquisition by weapons-based defense firms.
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globalguerrillas.typepad.com/pmc/
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The demand for private military services is likely to increase. The cases that attract most attention are those where a government employs a private military company to help it in a conflict – as the governments of Sierra Leone and Angola have done.
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www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mercenary.ht...
www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/mercenary.htm
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Private military company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A private military company ( PMC ) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary ("soldiers for hire"). Such companies are equally kn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company
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Tina Garmon, Comment, Domesticating International Corporate Responsibility: Holding Private Military Firms Accountable Under the Alien Tort Claims Act, 11 Tul. J. Int’l & Comp.
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www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journal...
www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bciclr/28_1/07_FMS.htm
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Abstract: Private Military Firms (PMFs) have recently stepped in to fill the growing global demand for temporary, highly-specialized military services.
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www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journal...
www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bciclr/28_1/07_TXT.htm
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But this is not simply about private military contractors getting rich from taxpayer dollars. The use of PMFs (private military firms) some of which provide mercenaries for actual combat missions raises deeper questions.
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www.commondreams.org/views03/0904-02.htm
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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...
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www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=PMC
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Government's plans to deal with fast-expanding industry come under criticism from human rights groups ... Foreign contracts by British firms are estimated to be worth more than £1bn a year. There are about 25 large UK-based private military companies.
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/24/private-military-f...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/24/private-military-firms-government
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One of the final acts of the CPA, Order 17 declared that foreign contractors within Iraq, including private military firms, would not be subject to any Iraqi laws -- "all International Consultants shall be immune from Iraqi legal process," it read.
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www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/10/04/private_mil...
www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/10/04/private_military_in_iraq/index_np.html
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