Corporate Mercenaries
War on Want
The British government today comes under attack for its growing use of mercenaries in conflict zones while failing to introduce legislation to tackle their human rights abuses. A new report launched today by the charity War on Want reveals that no prosecutions have followed hundreds of accounts of personnel from private military and security firms committing abuses in Iraq. In one example, a website run by a former employee of the UK-based Aegis Defence Services showed security guards randomly shooting automatic rifles at civilian cars. The report is published on the opening day of the first annual conference of the British Association of Private Security Companies in London. The conference takes place as figures reveal there are now as many as 48,000 mercenaries in Iraq, compared to 7,200 British soldiers – a ratio of over six to one – and income for the private military and security industry reached $100bn in 2004...
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The British government today comes under attack for its growing use of mercenaries in conflict zones while failing to introduce legislation to tackle their human rights abuses. A new report launched today by the charity War on Want reveals that no prosecutions have followed hundreds of accounts of personnel from private military and security firms committing abuses in Iraq. In one example, a website run by a former employee of the UK-based Aegis Defence Services showed security guards randomly shooting automatic rifles at civilian cars. The report is published on the opening day of the first annual conference of the British Association of Private Security Companies in London. The conference takes place as figures reveal there are now as many as 48,000 mercenaries in Iraq, compared to 7,200 British soldiers – a ratio of over six to one – and income for the private military and security industry reached $100bn in 2004...
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