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Security Contractors in Iraq: Tactical and Practical Considerations

Oct 10, 2007 | 20:00 GMT

Members of a private security company pose on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad, 18 Sept., 2007.

Members of a private security company pose on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad, 18 Sept., 2007. Iraq declared today it will review the operations of all security firms working in the war-ravaged country following a deadly shootout involving private U.S. contractor Blackwater.

(PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Beyond the military bureaucracy and the geopolitical processes acting upon it, another set of dynamics is behind the growing use of civilian contractors to protect diplomats in Iraq. ...

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