Armor Holdings Inc (commercial security only)
Executive Outcomes (closed 31 December 1998)
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13 April 2004, Guardian, Rifkind made head of Iraq security firm
8 April 2004, Washington Post, Under fire, security companies form an alliance
6 April 2004, Washington Post, Private guards repel attack on US headquarters
2 April 2004, Christian Science Monitor, Private firms take on more military tasks
1 April 2004, BBC, Outsourcing the war
1 April 2004, San Francisco Chronicle, Horror at Fallujah – 4 US contractors die
1 April 2004, CNN, Blackwater aids military with armed support
22 March 2004, AlterNet, Mercenaries ‘R US
18 March, Baltimore Sun, Security businesses, black market in guns thrive
2 March 2004, Democracy Now, Head of US security firm that guarded Aristide speaks out
4 December 2003, Orlando Sentinel, Risks are high for contractors in Iraq
16 October 2003, Washington Post, US contractors are targets overseas
10 September 2003, CBC Dispatches, Private Military Companies [RealPlayer, 9mb]
9 September 2003, World Tribune, Ex-commandos helping private firms with Iraqi reconstruction
3 September 2003, Christian Science Monitor, US’s ‘private army’ grows
3 March 2003, Fortune, The Pentagon’s private army
February 2003, Wired, This gun for hire
22 January 2003, Washington Post, More civilians accompanying US military
4 January 2003, Asia Times, Security for sale in Afghanistan
2 December 2002, Washington Post, Protection of Afghan Leader
4 November 2002, US News, America's secret armies
3 November 2002, Chicago Tribune, US civilians wage drug war from Columbia's skies
2 November 2002, Ottowa Citizen, Canada's guns for hire on terror's front lines
13 October 2002, New York Times, America's For-Profit Secret Army
20 June 2002, BBC News, French soldiers of fortune still roam Africa
1 May 2002, San Francisco Guardian, Soldiers of Fortune
17 March 2002, LA Times, Colombian town caught in crossfire
29 July 2001, The Observer, Brirish firm accused in UN 'sex scandal'
12 July 2001, Center for Public Integrity, Outsourcing war
2 June 2001, The Guardian, A plane is shot down and the US proxy war on drug barons unravels
23 May 2001, CorpWatch, Dyncorp in Colombia: outsourcing the drug war
23 May 2001, The Nation, State outsources secret war
18 May 2001, New York Times, Role of US Companies in Colombia is questioned
13 May 2001, Times (Florida), Contract's end hints of Colombia trouble
May 2001, Business Forward, Mercenary Inc
29 April 2001, New York Post, America's drug war mercenaries
28 April 2001, New York Times, Inquiry on Peru looks at a CIA contract
20 April 2001, Washington Post, Private firms aid UN on sanctions
29 March 2001, Janes, Secrecy in Colombia
2 March 2001, The Scotsman, Private US firm training both sides in Balkans
25 February 2001, CNN, Americans work in danger zone in Colombia drug war
24 February 2001, The Scotsman, US crews involved in Colombian battle
23 February 2001, Miami Herald, US civilians taking risks in drug war for Colombia
30 October 2000, Stars and Stripes, MPRI: A Private Military
22 October 2000, The Observer, The cost of a private army
September 2000, Accord, SL - First stages on the road to peace
18 July 2000, Business Wire, MPRI sold to NYSE listed L-3 Communications
16 July 2000, Colombia Report, US Mercenaries in Colombia
6 July 2000, Edmonton Journal, Canadian Forces' first private contract on overseas mission
5 July 2000, Christian Science Monitor, The rise of the private-sector military
May 2000, Unpublished, Privatising War (PDF file download) [Al Venter]
10 May 2000, SA Business Day, Bring Executive Outcomes back to fight in Sierra Leone
7 May 2000, The Sunday Observer, Anger at Kosovo mines contract
13 January 2000, Incite, saving the sum of things for pay: Executive Outcomes in Sierra Leone
January 2000, Pacific Journalism Review, Sandline's mercenaries helped Kopassus
15 September 1999, SA Independent, Freed men blame government for ordeal
13 July 1999, The Times, SAS men planned rescue of jungle hostages
12 July 1999, SA Independent, UK's SAS 'part of shady hostage rescue'
12 December 1998, Mail and Guardian, Executive Outcomes to close 'on its own terms'
10 December 1998, All Africa, Executive Outcomes to close
15 November 1998, DiamondWorks and Sandline - statement on Telegraph article
17 July 1998, Mail and Guardian, SA mercenaries working for the UN
July 1998, Executive Outcomes - background report
16 July 1997, The Telegraph, South Africa blocks export of mercenaries
20 June 1997, Mail and Guardian, Campaign to rid Africa of mercenaries
30 May 1997, Mail and Guardian, Too late for the mercenaries
28 March 1997, The Telegraph, South Africa tries to stop the trade in guns for hire
28 February 1997, Mail and Guardian, Broker of war and death
11 February 1997, Mail and Guardian, SA mercenaries leave SL - with mixed feelings
27 January 1997, Mail and Guardian, Africa's new-look dogs of war
15 January 1996, Time Magazine, Generals for Hire (MPRI and Bosnia)
11 December 1995, Nando.net, South Africa firm withdrawing Angola mercenaries
4 September 1995, New American, Privatized Warfare
4 August 1995, Mail and Guardian, SA mercenaries conquer Africa
16 September 1994, Mail and Guardian, Investing in the bibles and bullets business