U.K. Firm Awarded Largest Iraq Security Contract
by Jackie Northam
Morning Edition, September 21, 2007 · At a time when intense scrutiny has fallen on Blackwater USA, the U.S.-contracted security firm in Iraq, new questions are being raised about another firm — British-based Aegis Defense Services — with a checkered past.
Aegis has been granted a two-year $475 million contract, the largest-single security contract in Iraq. The deal is raising concern among some members of Congress — in part, because of the reputation of the company's CEO, Lt. Col. Tim Spicer.
In Britain, and in the private security contracting world, Spicer has a larger-than-life reputation for his involvement in several controversial incidents. In the mid 1990s, he helped launch a company called Sandline, which provided armed military services to sovereign nations. >>>cont
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Morning Edition, September 21, 2007 · At a time when intense scrutiny has fallen on Blackwater USA, the U.S.-contracted security firm in Iraq, new questions are being raised about another firm — British-based Aegis Defense Services — with a checkered past.
Aegis has been granted a two-year $475 million contract, the largest-single security contract in Iraq. The deal is raising concern among some members of Congress — in part, because of the reputation of the company's CEO, Lt. Col. Tim Spicer.
In Britain, and in the private security contracting world, Spicer has a larger-than-life reputation for his involvement in several controversial incidents. In the mid 1990s, he helped launch a company called Sandline, which provided armed military services to sovereign nations. >>>cont
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