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Blackwater賣自己作為維護和平的人
星期三， 2008年3月19日
Blackwater全世界，衛兵去年被指責射擊死17個伊拉克平民的私有證券公司，試圖改變位置自己，當一個維持和平部隊作為工作在伊拉克開始烘乾。 廣告出現於以母親為特色的證券業學報餵養嬰孩，并且Blackwater在街道守衛微笑，當兒童遊戲。 基於我們的公司也設定了輔助者， Greystone，尋求贏取維持和平和安全工作從聯合國、援助組織和外國公司。 被改進的情況在伊拉克與撤軍結合了，并且較少重建消費意味著有對私有證券公司(PSCs)的較少需要。 Blackwater堅持，它照常是事務。 但，為所有的人，贏利崩潰了，并且公司尋找合併或搬入新的地區。 崩潰在短，但非常賺錢的景氣以後在伊拉克來了。 Blackwater報告贏得了$1.5十億從美國國防部，并且和聯邦外事處花費了？178百萬在PSCs在過去五年期間。 景氣由Donald ・ Rumsfeld，前美國國防部長觸發，決定外購半軍事工作，以便美國和英國能部署更小的力量。 任務例如守衛基地、護衛艦和政府官員被給了PSCs，并且許多公司由前軍方官員負責操行出現填裝空隙。 他們雇用了其他戰士，有時以率的$1,000每天，但新的成套裝備經營在幾乎沒有監督或指揮系統下。 Blackwater，設定由埃里克封印王子，前美國海軍，為事件保持在调查之中在Nisoor廣場，巴格達，當衛兵保護護衛艦涉嫌開火，殺害17和傷害24的上9月。 在另一個事件， 2004年，四衛兵在從橋梁和他們的被切斷的身體在城市被伏擊垂懸的Fallujah，提示一次還擊由美國部隊。 Symon小山，競選的發言人反對胳膊換，認為： ？他們是不負責任，不負責任和對使用他們的任何人的名譽的危險。？ 成套裝備的想法例如搬入公司和人道主義工作的Blackwater被嘲笑在由競爭者和運動家。 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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