There are 48,000 ‘security contractors’ in Iraq, working for private companies growing rich on the back of US policy. But can it be a good thing to have so many mercenaries operating without any democratic control? An extract from Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, by Jeremy Scahill.
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Jeremy Scahill – Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
August 1st, 2007
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