And the companies are not required to report violent incidents involving their employees. Security guards now constitute nearly 50 percent of all private contractors in Iraq. The wartime numbers of ...

Private military contractors (PMCs) have long operated in the shadows of war zones—training soldiers, guarding convoys, and sometimes engaging in combat. While many provide logistical or security ...

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There are now nearly as many private contractors in Iraq as there are U.S. soldiers -- and about half of them are private security guards equipped with automatic weapons, body armor, helicopters and ...

AIKEN, S.C. — White House hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday said private security contractors in Iraq are raising the risk for U.S. troops because Iraqis don't distinguish between the forces. He also ...

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U.S. Army auditors, in their own investigation, agreed with Aegis. In the chaos of Iraq, where car bombings and suicide attacks occur over and over on any given day, such contractor shootings are ...