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NEWS ABOUT: private security guards

private security guards stories: 4 news summaries

 Sex Acts Tied to 
 Promotion at Afghan 
 Embassy: Guard 

Private contractor encouraged nude, drunken parties, worker says

Sep 3, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the guards at the rowdy US embassy in Kabul went public last night, telling ABC News that new recruits had to participate in naked parties and perform sex acts with other men in order to get promoted or be assigned preferable shifts. The guard, one of 12 who... More »

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Kabul • US Embassy • private security guards • hazing • drunkenness

 Meet the New Blackwater, 
 Same as the Old Blackwater 

New contractor may hire the same people

Apr 15, 09 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The military contractor known as Xe—and far better known as the former Blackwater—has changed little more than its name, NPR reports. Despite having said it's leaving the international security business, Xe recently extended its deal with the State Department to fly protective missions in Iraq. And as another... More »

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Blackwater • Triple Canopy • Iraq contractors • private security guards • Iraq war

US Confused
by Afghan Mercenaries

Blackwater-style private security guards may answer to militants

Jan 27, 09 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s becoming harder to keep gun-wielding men straight in Afghanistan. Private security firms have cropped up all over, the Wall Street Journal reports, hired to protect businesses, particularly those doing work for the US. But coalition troops often can’t tell such groups apart from militants, and have been... More »

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Afghanistan • private security firm • private security guards • Afghanistan war

Iraq Hired Guns Fight en Español

Contractors offer hard-to-refuse deal

Jan 28, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Not every security contractor in Iraq is a hotshot American making $500 a day. Many of the private security personnel roaming Iraq are poor Latin Americans, for whom the promise of $1,000 a month and full benefits is nearly irresistible, reports the LA Times. “I’d rather... More »

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Iraq • Latin America • Peru • security guards • Triple Canopy • security contractors • private security guards • Iraq war

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