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Mercenaries: 20,000 on top of an American military presence of 130,000.
"The Pentagon is relying on private security companies to perform crucial jobs once entrusted to the military. ... private companies are being asked to provide security for the chief of the Coalition Provisional Authority, L. Paul Bremer III, ... and to defend key locations, including 15 regional authority headquarters and even the Green Zone in downtown Baghdad, the center of American power in Iraq" (NY Times, April 19, 2004 ).
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Under Fire, Security Firms Form An Alliance
Washington Post
"Unable to rely on U.S. and coalition troops for intelligence or help under duress, private security firms in Iraq have begun to band together in the past 48 hours, organizing what may effectively be the largest private army in the world... Guarding Paul Bremer."
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Civilian Contractors Pay Price in Iraq (23k PDF)
"A conservative estimate is about 50 civilian contractors have died so far... A State Department office tracks U.S. civilian deaths but for security reasons no details or figures were released" ... (Reuters)
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U.S. Military in Iraq Torture Scandal
Guardian article (from Truthout) on the use of mercenaries in prisoner interrogations, their role in torture and the lack of legal jurisdiction over them.
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http://zfacts.com/p/644.html | 01/18/12 07:20 GMT
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