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    Let’s Get the Old Blackwater Team Back Together

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    Let’s Get the Old Blackwater Team Back Together BY Justine Drennan OCTOBER 10, 2014 – 07:26 PM The former CEO of Blackwater thinks he knows how to defeat the Islamic State:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Eric Prince Is Right: Private Contractors Will Probably Join The Fight Against ISIS

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    Eric Prince Is Right: Private Contractors Will Probably Join The Fight Against ISIS Armin Rosen Oct. 10, 2014, 3:38 PM APBlackwater found Erik Prince Eric Prince, founder of the controversial security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Ex-Blackwater Chief Urges Hired Guns to Take on ISIS

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    Ex-Blackwater Chief Urges Hired Guns to Take on ISIS Mark Thompson @MarkThompson_DC 11:54 AM ET Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater Andrew Harre—Bloomberg/Getty Images If Obama won’t send in troops, he says,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    The Price of Privatizing War

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    Posted: October 9, 2014 Theodore Kinni Theodore Kinni is senior editor for books at strategy+business. He also blogs at Reading, Writing re: Management. The Price of Privatizing War My experience with mercenaries extends… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy

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    Small Wars & Insurgencies Volume 24, Issue 1, 2013 Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy Scott Fitzsimmonsa* pages 84-102 Abstract Pirate attacks against commercial vessels in the Western Indian Ocean and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    HUNGER GAMES

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    HUNGER GAMES WPS: Defense & Security By Alexander Stepanov Versiya, No. 38, September 30 – October 06, 2013, p. 8 7 October 2013 (c) 2013 WPS Russian Media Monitoring Agency. EXPERIMENTS… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Chairman’s Column – Thoughts on Countering ISIS

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    Africa Monitor fsgteam | October 6, 2014 Chairman’s Column – Thoughts on Countering ISIS Chairman’s Column As someone who spent many years operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other underdeveloped countries facing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Deploying private security companies could make starting wars easier, warns Manchester Uni study

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    Deploying private security companies could make starting wars easier, warns Manchester Uni study 02 Oct 2014 – 04:07PM | By Jack Howson Countries could soon use private security companies to make… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    A Perilous Dependence on Contractors

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    New York Times The Opinion Pages | Op-Ed Contributor A Perilous Dependence on Contractors By ANN HAGEDORNOCT. 2, 2014 THE director of the Secret Service has resigned after, among other problems,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Time for an American Foreign Legion?

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    Opinion Time for an American Foreign Legion? The Norman Transcript Staff Writer 18 September 2014 “No American boots on the ground” is the ever present outcry from the U.S. populace. Justifiably,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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