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Op-Ed on Military Privatization

• 21 December 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, USA, United States of America
Tags: Afghanistan, ArmorGroup, Claire McCaskill, Commercial companies, commercial demining, Contracting, Demining, G4S, Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Independence, landmines, Private security companies, Privatization, public-private partnerships, Senate, Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, The Examiner

Commercial Demining and Security Industries Consolidating, Merging

• 5 August 2008 • 7 Comments

Posted in General
Tags: Afghanistan, Angola, ArmorGroup, BAE Systems, Commercial companies, commercial demining, Demining, DENEL, DynCorp, EODT, G4S, Group 4 Securicor, landmines, Mechem, MineTech, Private security companies, Privatization, privatization of security, RONCO, Royal Ordnance, Swiss Peace Foundation, UXB

Dealing with ‘Clandestine Structures’ in Conflict Zones

• 31 July 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Bosnia, General, Sudan
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed Haroun, BHMAC, Bosnia, Commercial companies, Corruption, DanChurchAid, Demining, HALO Trust, International Criminal Court, International NGOs, ITF, Kojic, Landmine Action, landmines, Local NGOs, Norwegian People's Aid, Organized crime, Private security companies, RONCO, SLR, SPLA, SSDC, Sudan, Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines, UNIPAK, UNMACA, UNMAO, US State Department, USAID

The Commercialization of Afghan Demining

• 29 July 2008 • 5 Comments

Posted in Afghanistan
Tags: Afghanistan, ArmorGroup, Commercial companies, DAFA, Demining, DynCorp, EODT, HALO Trust, International NGOs, landmines, Local NGOs, MCPA, MDC, MineTech, OMAR, Private security companies, Privatization, RONCO, S3Ag, UNMACA, US State Department, USAID, UXB