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sexta-feira, fevereiro 11, 2005
Privatização das Forças Militares Coloca Novas Questões
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With US forces increasingly overstretched, private companies are providing a record number of armed personnel in conflict zones around the world--part of a wider trend towards using private contractors to perform duties once carried out by official military units.
More than 20,000 armed personnel employed by private contractors are estimated to be operating in Iraq alone, making up the second largest foreign armed force in the country after the US.
These “private soldiers” have been operating in effect in a legal limbo, with precious few rules governing their activities. However, a handful of legal cases in the US are beginning to define the legal boundaries under which these companies can operate
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FT.com / News in depth / Iraq - US private armies march into a legal vacuum
With US forces increasingly overstretched, private companies are providing a record number of armed personnel in conflict zones around the world--part of a wider trend towards using private contractors to perform duties once carried out by official military units.
More than 20,000 armed personnel employed by private contractors are estimated to be operating in Iraq alone, making up the second largest foreign armed force in the country after the US.
These “private soldiers” have been operating in effect in a legal limbo, with precious few rules governing their activities. However, a handful of legal cases in the US are beginning to define the legal boundaries under which these companies can operate
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FT.com / News in depth / Iraq - US private armies march into a legal vacuum
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