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Blackwater卖自己作为维护和平的人
星期三， 2008年3月19日
Blackwater全世界，卫兵去年被指责射击死17个伊拉克平民的私有证券公司，试图改变位置自己，当一个维持和平部队作为工作在伊拉克开始烘干。 广告出现于以母亲为特色的证券业学报喂养婴孩，并且Blackwater在街道守卫微笑，当儿童游戏。 基于我们的公司也设定了辅助者， Greystone，寻求赢取维持和平和安全工作从联合国、援助组织和外国公司。 被改进的情况在伊拉克与撤军结合了，并且较少重建消费意味着有对私有证券公司(PSCs)的较少需要。 Blackwater坚持，它照常是事务。 但，为所有的人，赢利崩溃了，并且公司寻找合并或搬入新的地区。 崩溃在短，但非常赚钱的景气以后在伊拉克来了。 Blackwater报告赢得了$1.5十亿从美国国防部，并且和联邦外事处花费了？178百万在PSCs在过去五年期间。 景气由Donald · Rumsfeld，前美国国防部长触发，决定外购半军事工作，以便美国和英国能部署更小的力量。 任务例如守卫基地、护卫舰和政府官员被给了PSCs，并且许多公司由前军方官员负责操行出现填装空隙。 他们雇用了其他战士，有时以率的$1,000每天，但新的成套装备经营在几乎没有监督或指挥系统下。 Blackwater，设定由埃里克封印王子，前美国海军，为事件保持在调查之中在Nisoor广场，巴格达，当卫兵保护护卫舰涉嫌开火，杀害17和伤害24的上9月。 在另一个事件， 2004年，四卫兵在从桥梁和他们的被切断的身体在城市被伏击垂悬的Fallujah，提示一次还击由美国部队。 Symon小山，竞选的发言人反对胳膊换，认为： ？他们是不负责任，不负责任和对使用他们的任何人的名誉的危险。？ 成套装备的想法例如搬入公司和人道主义工作的Blackwater被嘲笑在由竞争者和运动家。 John Holmes, a retired major-general in the British Army and now a director of Erinys Security, said: ?Blackwater is going to have a stigma about them now.? Mr Hill added: ?Private security firm is a worrying euphemism. It would be more honest to call them mercenaries.? A spokeswoman for Blackwater said: ?Blackwater’s only role in Iraq is to provide defensive security, which we continue to do. We have always looked globally for opportunities to serve the US government and we continue to do so.? The Iraq boom was lucrative while it lasted but for many former soldiers the private security business is no longer the path to riches that it once was.
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