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Private Military and Security Companies in the International Legal Void

... personnel may make it even more apparent that all the moral concerns on which the resentment, denunciation and legal condemnation of mercenaries have been based can be raised for the use of PMSCs with equal validity. From this point of view, it would seem analytically ... ... nor rare. As of July 2013, 83% of the private military and security contractors working for the US Department of Defense in Iraq, and 10% in Afghanistan, are third-country nationals, i.e. neither US citizens, nor local nationals. The fact that a corporate ...

04.08.2013

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The Rise of the Private Military and Security Industry

... passive operation from the perspective of the US government, or rather as part of foreign aggression and occupation in the eyes of Iraqi militants. Similarly, whether safeguarding an oil rig in a war-torn country constitutes mere provision of security and protection ... ... property, or in fact a fundamentally military mission of defending crucial strategic installations, is again largely debatable. Mercenaries or not, private military/security contractors now play a significant part in the ongoing transformation of war, providing ...

18.06.2013

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