Quotes of the Day

Blackwater contractors sitting on the Mambas at the terminal at Baghdad International Airport.
Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007

Open quoteClose quote

  • Brian Bennett
  • A furor over the killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on the little-examined world of private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up?
Photo: Robert Young Pelton, from Licensed to Kill, Hired Guns in the War on Terror. | Source: A furor over the killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on the little-examined world of private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up?