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River Action demands government reins in the private water firm
WAR on Want branded Britain the “mercenary kingpin” yesterday due to the vast number of private military firms it has deployed since the start of the “war on terror.”
Hundreds of private military and security companies (PMSCs) have been set up in the past few years alone and now there is a “vast” number operating on a “guns for hire” basis, said the campaign group.
According to its report, about 80 British companies such as G4S — the world’s largest security firm — were reaping enormous profits fighting at the height of the Iraqi war.
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
COLL McCAIL assesses the revelation that Britain is now outsourcing its surveillance flights over Palestine to US mercenaries
US General Stanley McChrystal has been invited to advise on creating a ‘team of teams’ for healthcare transformation. His credentials? He previously ran interrogation bases where Iraqis were stripped naked and beaten, reports SOLOMON HUGHES