• Africa Confidential. A newsletter has followed on the ups and down in the continent of political, military and social groups, of the great changes in political power, of the roles of armies and armed struggles, and of financial and economic development: http://www.africa-confidential.com/

Chronology of Sierra Leone. How diamonds fuelled the conflict:http://www.africa-confidential.com/index.aspx?pageid=17&specialreportid=4

• Air Force Journal of Logistics. This quarterly published journal is the professional logistics publication of the US Air Force. The journal is downloadable for free, so please avoid the numerous services that actually sell its articles: http://www.aflma.hq.af.mil/lgj/Afjlhome.html

• BBC Focus on Africa Magazine: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/focus_magazine/index.shtml

Listen to BBC World Service's Focus on Africa broadcasts at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/focusonafrica/

• CorpWatch: We investigate and expose corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations. [CorpWatch does not provide direct URL for their publications, below are three recent reports on the Home page as of 30 December 2006]: http://www.corpwatch.com/

A U.S. Fortress Rises in Baghdad: Asian Workers Trafficked to Build World's Largest Embassy. By David Phinney, 17 October 2006.

Afghanistan, Inc.: A CorpWatch Investigative Report. 6 October 2006.

Intelligence in Iraq: L-3 Supplies Spy Support. By Pratap Chatterjee, 9 August 2006.

• CovertAction Quarterly:  http://www.covertaction.org/

The Globalization of War and Poverty. Issue 68, Fall/Winter 1999. Includes the articles MPRI: Washington’s New Private Army and Backing up Globalization With Military Might: click here

Mercenary Armies and Mineral Wealth. By Pratap Chatterjee. Covert Action Quarterly, Fall 1997: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/New_World_Order/Mercenaries_Minerals.html

• Drillbits & Tailings. (no longer available online)

Sierra Leone Titanium Mine and Mercenaries. Released on 21 August 1997: click here

• Durham Independent: http://www.indyweek.com/

Soldiers of good fortune. Suncontracting the war on terror. By Barry Yeoman, 23 July 2003: http://www.indyweek.com/durham/2003-07-23/cover.html

• The Economist: http://www.economist.com

Immigrants in America's armed forces. The green-card brigade. How to become an American, via Iraq, 1 February 2007: click here

Blood and treasure. After the windfall of Iraq, where is the next fortune to be found?, 2 November 2006: http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=8108435

Mercenaries. The Baghdad boom, 25 March 2004: http://www.sandline.com/hotlinks/Economist-Baghdad.html

The fog and dogs of war, 18 March 2004: http://www.sandline.com/hotlinks/Economist-Fog_dogs.html

• Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/

DynCorp Dynamite On New High. By Joshua Lipton, 7 June 2007: click here

Armor Holdings Agrees to $3.37B Takeover by BAE. By AP, 7 May 2007: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/05/07/ap3692604.html

Winning The Iraq War. By Brian Wingfield, 8 February 2007: click here

Homeland Security Goes Public. By William Launder, 3 August 2006: click here

Big Time Homeland Security. By Rachel Monahan and Elena Herrero Beaumont, 3 August 2006: click here

• Fortune: http://www.fortune.com/

Fortunes of War. By John Helyar, 12 July 2004: http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,662668,00.html

Why War Zones Love Monopolies. David Hecht interviews Macartan Humphreys, 17 May 2004: http://www.fortune.com/fortune/brainstorm/0,15704,638966,00.html

Private-Sector Soldiers. By Jeremy Kahn and Nelson D. Schwartz, 19 April 2004: http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,612340,00.html

The Pentagon's Private Army. By Nelson D. Schwartz, 3 March 2003: http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,427948,00.html

• G.I. JOBS Magazine: http://gijobs.net/

Hiring America’s Veterans “It’s not what they’ve already done for their country … it’s what they can do for your company.” By Jack Gordon, December 2006: http://gijobs.net/magazine.cfm?id=662&issueId=51

Leave No Man Behind. By Marty Levine, May 2005: http://gijobs.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=176&Itemid=2

G.I. Jobs Top 25 Military Friendly Employers. By Evan Pattak, December 2004: http://gijobs.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=152&Itemid=2

Make Your Career GO with your Security Clearance. By Warren Duffie, October 2003. http://gijobs.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=2

Homeland Security Needs YOU! By Mickey McCarter, July 2002. http://gijobs.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=2

Military Tech Skills: The Growing Demand. By Mickey McCarter, January 2002: http://gijobs.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=2