• The Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/

G4S aims for global security contracts. By Alistair Gray, 26 October 2009: click here

UK homeland security: Companies seek fresh sources of income. By James Boxell, 8 September 2009: click here

Corporate warfare. 24 August 2009: click here

No [British] licence requirement for private military. By James Blitz. 25 April 2009: click here

Defence groups turn focus to security at home. By Sylvia Pfeifer, 4 August 2008: click here

Israeli shift to private security draws fire. By Tobias Buck, 3 June 2008: click here

Follies rise amid Afghanistan ruins. By Rachel Morarjee and Stephen Fidler, 13 July 2007: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2798554e-2fdf-11dc-a68f-0000779fd2ac.html

Iran's Military force finds its wealth under attack. By Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Gareth Smyth, 16 Mar 2007: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/52b2bb16-d364-11db-829f-000b5df10621.html

Halliburton goes to Dubai. 12 March 2007: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/89bd617a-d0d9-11db-836a-000b5df10621.html

Oh! What a lovely war for the security business. By Jonathan Guthrie, 21 February 2007: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a22587b0-c1ca-11db-ae23-000b5df10621.html

Bidders line up for coast rescue contracts. By Jean Eaglesham, 19 February 2007: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/137a3180-bfbf-11db-9ac2-000b5df10621.html

Halliburton faces scrutiny over security. By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, 8 February 2007: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0c960860-b71a-11db-8bc2-0000779e2340.html

Mission Improbable. A tale of multi-million dollar debts, theft, gunshots, car chases, a knife fight, and an abandoned baby. By Isabel Gorst, 20 November 2006: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/661378be-783b-11db-be09-0000779e2340.html

Kroll to sell Iraq and Afghan security unit. By Guy Dinmore and Rebecca Knight, 2 November 2006: http://search.ft.com/searchArticle?id=061102001038

Little-known contractor bids for US army deal. By Stephanie Kirchgaessner, 1 November 2006: http://search.ft.com/searchArticle?id=061101011418

Security costs threaten oil contractors in Nigeria. By Dino Mahtani, 16 September 2006: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/dc4bbab2-4520-11db-b804-0000779e2340.html

Military skills to reinforce energy operators in North Sea. By Andrew Bolger, 23 August 2006:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/78511060-3243-11db-ab06-0000779e2340.html

Shell chief in Nigeria security rethink. By Dino Mahtani, Carola Hoyos, and Alison Maitland, 16 May 2006: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/453ace72-e433-11da-8ced-0000779e2340.html

Israelis lend a hand in fight against terror. By Sharmila Devi, 13 April 2006:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4e0f6bd8-ca8a-11da-852f-0000779e2340.html

Qinetiq provides 'blueprint' for sell-offs. By James Boxelland and Nicholas Timmins, 22 February 2006
http://search.ft.com/searchArticle?id=060222001101

Aerospace engineers in high demand in Gulf. By Peter Spiegel, 9 January 2006:
http://search.ft.com/searchArticle?id=060109000891
http://www.catiaworld.com/cwnews/view.asp?msgID=9779

Anger at Malacca Strait risk label. By John Burton, 5 August 2005: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cb847e76-054d-11da-97da-00000e2511c8.html

The oil industry: Calmly keeping the wheels of industry oiled. By Thomas Catan, 24 June 2005: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/59e39cb4-e3f3-11d9-a754-00000e2511c8.html

Pirates hold Malacca strait shipping hostage to fortune. By Stephen Fidler and Arlen Harris, 23 June 2005: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3808ed48-e384-11d9-b6f0-00000e2511c8.html

Private security: Operating in a troubling legal vacuum. By Stephen Fidler, 6 May 2005: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1b7196a8-be04-11d9-9473-00000e2511c8.html

Private security contractors are key to making recovery efforts possible in Iraq. Letter to the Editor by Doug Brooks, 12 May 2005: http://search.ft.com/searchArticle?id=050512000935

Private armies march into a legal vacuum. By Thomas Catan, 10 February 2005: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/66d5a032-7b0e-11d9-a3ea-00000e2511c8.html

 

Private military companies: Seeking a change of image. By Thomas Catan, 1 December 2004: http://news.ft.com/cms/fa3ef1b0-42bb-11d9-bea1-00000e2511c8.html

• Fresh Air.

The Iraq war was the "first privatized war". Private military firms in today's wars. Peter W. Singer interviewed by Terry Gross. Fresh Air, 9 July 2003: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/SIN307A.html

• The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Big business and security. In its haste to cash-in on the security boom, the EU has outsourced its research agenda to corporate self-interest. By Ben Hayes, 28 September 2009: click here

'Things went really bad' says British ex-soldier facing Iraq death penalty. Paratrooper turned security guard Daniel Fitzsimons tells of night in Baghdad that left him accused of shooting dead two men. By Martin Chulov, 21 August 2009: click here

Timeline: Simon Mann. The events that led to the British mercenary being jailed in Equatorial Guinea for plotting to overthrow the government. 17 June 2008: click here

Pleas for Iraq hostages mark year in captivity. By Duncan Campbell, 30 May 2008: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/iraq

Timeline: the hostage crisis (20 July 2008 update): click here

Former British intelligence chief moves to Canadian private security firm. By Richard Norton-Taylor, 16 April 2008: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/16/gordonbrown.terrorism

The day the BearingPoint and GardaWorld hostages were taken. By Allegra Stratton, 5 December 2007: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2222326,00.html

We must fight our instinctive distaste for mercenaries. The Iraq bubble has burst but the need for private security companies will not go away. They should be regulated by the state. By Max Hastings, 2 August 2006: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1835067,00.html

Troops sent in as pay row shuts Baghdad airport. By staff and agencies, 9 September 2005: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1566578,00.html

A rich country being stripped of its wealth: British firms among those to profit from energy bonanza in Equatorial Guinea: UK company involvement. By David Leigh, 2 June 2005: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1497212,00.html

Pedigree Dogs of War. Some people who engage in foreign conflicts are called terrorists. Others are about to be licensed by the government. By George Monbiot, 25 January 2005: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1397748,00.html / http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2005/01/25/pedigree-dogs-of-war-/

Big role predicted for security firms. By Richard Norton-Taylor, 7 December 2004: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1368004,00.html

Don't call us mercenaries, says British company with lucrative contracts and cheap labour. 17 May 2004: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1218422,00.html

Need a mercenary? Better not call Greenpeace. By Richard Norton-Taylor, 10 May 2004: http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/story/0,,1213121,00.html

The Privatisation of War. By Ian Traynor, 10 December 2003: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1103724,00.html

Private Firms Assist U.S. Military. By Jim Krane for AP, 29 October 2003: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3324736,00.html

Let mercenaries be licensed, says [British] Foreign Office. By Richard Norton-Taylor, 13 February 2002: http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,649281,00.html

Send in the mercenaries if our troops won't fight. William Shawcross seeks to think the unthinkable in Sierra Leone. 10 May 2000: http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,219134,00.html

• Haaretz.com. http://www.haaretz.com/

Death of a mercenary. By Yossi Melman, 15 April 2005: http://www.warprofiteers.com/article.php?id=12084
http://www.warprofiteers.com/article.php?id=12085
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/565225.html)

• Herald Tribune. http://www.heraldtribune.com/

L-3 files protest over lost contract. $4.65 billion deal was to provide translators to the U.S. military. By Donna Borak (AP), 29 December 2006: click here

• The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/

Corporate footsoldiers pay the ultimate price. The deaths of two British hostages highlights the murky world of private security contractors. By Kim Sengupta, 23 June 2009: click here

Mercenaries join Mugabe's ruthless terror campaign. By Ian Evans, 15 July 2008: click here

Blair accused of trying to 'privatise' war in Iraq. By Kim Sengupta, 30 October 2006: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1940825.ece

Conspiracy oil: A very British coup! The plotters intended to overthrow the government of an oil-rich African country and pocket lots of 'wonga'. But, as a new docu-drama reveals, the plot went horribly wrong. By Raymond Whitaker, 25 June 2006: http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1096142.ece

Top 10 firms profiting from Iraq. 13 March 2006:
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article350930.ece
http://www.iraqdirectory.com/DisplayNews.aspx?id=1009

Baghdad airport closed by 'unpaid' UK security firm. By Patrick Cockburn, 10 September 2005: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article311551.ece

The 5-Minute Briefing: Iraq's missing millions. By Rupert Cornwell, 6 May 2005: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article236936.ece

Britain's secret army in Iraq: thousands of armed security men who answer to nobody. By Robert Fisk and Severin Carrell, 28 March 2004: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article66415.ece

• Le Monde Diplomatique. http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/

Ces Gurkhas oubliés de la Couronne britannique. Par Cédric Bosquet, Février 2008: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2008/02/BOSQUET/15576

La guerre en privé. (Le Monde) Par Yves Eudes, 4 Avril 2007: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3218,36-891734@51-767621,0.html

Des aventuriers aux professionnels. Novembre 2004:
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/11/A/11670

Sociétés militaires privées dans le chaos irakien. Par Sami Makki, Novembre 2004: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/11/MAKKI/11663

En Afrique, une nouvelle génération de « chiens de guerre ». Par Philippe Leymarie
Journaliste à Radio France Internationale, Novembre 2004: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/11/LEYMARIE/11673

Défenses européennes en voie d’externalisation. Par Philippe Leymarie, Novembre 2004:
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/11/LEYMARIE/11672

Activisme militaire de Washington en Afrique. Par Pierre Abramovici, July 2004: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/07/ABRAMOVICI/11376

Modernes mercenaires de la sécurité. Par Pierre Conesa, Avril 2003: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2003/04/CONESA/10080

Washington et la guerre des « contras ». Les vélléités morales des États-Unis au Nicaragua. Par Sylvie E. Crane, Juin 1985: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/1985/06/CRANE/14200

• Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/

Injured war zone contractors fight to get care. They're crucial to U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but civilian workers wounded on the job must battle an insurance system marked by long delays and high costs, an investigation finds. By T. Christian Miller and Doug Smith, 17 April 2009: click here

Accept the Blackwater mercenaries. Contractors are a fact of war, but they need stronger oversight. By Max Boot, 3 October 2007: click here

After duty in Iraq, they're back on the beat. LAPD officers who have returned from reservist deployments find parallels and contrasts with their military service in the Mideast.
By Patrick McGreevy, 31 December 2006: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-return31dec31,1,1780979.story

Fighting for citizenship. Put foreigners who enlist in the U.S. armed forces on a fast track to naturalization. Op Ed by Max Boot, 12 April 2006: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-boot12apr12,1,7409366.column?ctrack=1&cset=true
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0406/boot.php3

Bombings Bring U.S. 'Executive Mercenaries' Into the Light. The shrouded history of Vinnell Corp. raises questions about its role in privatization of US foreign policy. By William D. Hartung, 16 May 2003: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0516-05.htm

U.S. Companies Hired to Train Foreign Armies. By Esther Schrader, 14 April 2002: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/peacekpg/training/pmc.htm