Blackwater's New Frontier: Their Own Private Africa

If the sheer number of companies represented at the ipoa conference is any indication, Blackwater's envoys will run into plenty of their competitors—and that makes some observers uneasy. "You start bringing these people on the scene, they come in as trainers, but at the drop of a hat they can be other things," said the ngo security director. "They have skills, they have something to bring, but it's a double-edged sword, and it depends on which edge is ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 11, 2009 - 4:52 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 11, 2009

The article looks at the business for soldiers of fortune teaming with the US Africa Command, or teaming with dictators, or teaming with war lords, or what ever pays well.

The privatization of war is a dangerous morass that needs international control.

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