• Mail & Guardian. http://www.mg.co.za/

HIV prevalence in private security industry at 16%. 24 January 2008: click here

Namibia to deport US men for trying to recruit guards. By Rodrick Mukumbira, 15 October 2007: click here

Equatorial Guinea: Too soon to free South Africans. By Dakar, Senegal, 12 October 2006: click here

Anti-mercenary Bill spurs security fears. By Gordon Bell, 17 August 2006: click here

Case of alleged mercenaries postponed to July. 16 January 2006: click here

SA will prosecute eight 'mercenaries'. By Amy Musgrave, 3 June 2005: click here

Private security: A disturbing peace of mind. By Ellen Hollemans, 5 May 2005: click here

Coup plotter surfaces in Zagreb. 28 April 2005: click here

'Mercenary town' to be razed. By Marléne Burger, 4 March 2005: click here

Thatcher answers E Guinea's questions. 18 february 2005: click here

Rent-a-coup: Who's who. By Sam Sole and Stefaans Brümmer. 3 December 2004: click here

The privatisation of war. By Ian Traynor, 15 December 2003: click here

Hiring 'thugs' to keep peace. By Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya, 22 November 2003: click here

• New Straits Times. http://www.nst.com.my/

‘Purely defensive’ role in ship safety. Letter by Alex Duperouzel, Managing director, BARS, 8 August 2005: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Letters/20050808085646/Article/indexb_html

• New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/

Iraq Spending Ignored Rules, Pentagon Says. By James Glanz, 23 May 2008: click here

Halliburton Unit to Settle in Balkans Case. AP, 30 November 2006: click here

The Other Army. By Daniel Bergner, 14 August 2005: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/magazine/14PRIVATI.html?hp

Need an Army? Just Pick Up the Phone. By Barry Yeoman, 2 April 2004: http://www.sandline.com/hotlinks/NYT-Need_an_army.html

America's For-Profit Secret Army. By Leslie Wayne, 13 October 2002: http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C16FE395E0C708DDDA90994DA404482

Threats and Responses : Security; US. Company To Take Over Karzai Safety. By James Dao, 19 September 2002: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C11FD38540C7A8DDDA00894DA404482

• The Observer. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/

Asylum riot firm hit by £5m penalty. US group must hand back cash for errors that led to disorder breaking out at detention centre. By Jamie Doward and Martha Alexander, 10 December 2006: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1968688,00.html

MoD under fire over training plans. By Nick Mathiason, 26 March 2006:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,1739720,00.html

Q&A: private finance initiative. By David Batty & Matt Weaver, 23 March 2006 (The Guardian):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,,803045,00.html

Abu Ghraib team bids to run UK prisons. By Antony Barnett, Martin Bright and Solomon Hughes, 24 October 2004: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1334825,00.html

Baghdad security job for Diana's bodyguard. The former soldier who nearly died in Paris crash faces new challenge in Iraq. By Jason Burke and Anushka Asthana, 12 September 2004: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1302823,00.html

Soldiers of fortune hit the jackpot. 26 October 2003: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1071008,00.html

Anger at Kosovo mines contract. Kosovo: special report. By Antony Barnett, 7 May 2000: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Kosovo/Story/0,2763,218277,00.html

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/

Swiss Army welcomes latest trainees: Executives. By Edward Taylor (The Wall Street Journal), 28 November 2006: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06332/741838-82.stm

Employees of contractor barred from Iraq resurrect business. By Yochi J. Dreazen (The Wall Street Journal), 20 June 2006: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06171/699706-28.stm

Pay dispute shuts Baghdad's airport. By Ellen Knickmeyer and Naseer Nouri (The Washington Post), 10 September 2005: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05253/569050.stm

Editorial: The protection business. Private security companies thrive in a dangerous world. 25 February 2000: http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20000225edprotect3.asp

Safety at a price: Military expertise for sale or rent. By Jack Kelly, 15 February 2000: http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20000215security1.asp

Forum: The Dogs of Peace. 7 March 1999: http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990307edbrooks5.asp