private security contractors http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en Should We Send Armed Contractors to Syria? http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/should-we-send-armed-contractors-syria <span>Should We Send Armed Contractors to Syria?</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Mon, 01/28/2019 - 3:21pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">Should we replace American forces in Syria with armed contractors? Erik Prince thinks so. In an article for FOX News, Prince and retired General Anthony Tata suggested that a group such as the World War II Flying Tigers be formed to replace the US forces being withdrawn from Syria.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/should-we-send-armed-contractors-syria" rel="tag" title="Should We Send Armed Contractors to Syria?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Should We Send Armed Contractors to Syria?</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:21:20 +0000 SWJED 113859 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com The World's Most Powerful Mercenary Armies http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/blog/the-worlds-most-powerful-mercenary-armies <span>The World&#039;s Most Powerful Mercenary Armies</span> <div class="field field--name-field-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div id="yui_3_7_2_1_1366802783447_3639"> <p id="yui_3_7_2_1_1366802783447_3678"> "The World's Most Powerful Mercenary Armies" by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/robert-johnson" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1366802783447_3830" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Johnson</a> at <em>Business Insider</em>. </p> <blockquote> <p> The idea of a mercenary may seem a bit quaint in the 21st century, but those forces make a difference and are <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/syria-rebels-assad-regime-recruiting-iranian-hezbollah-mercenaries-1.398010" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">often all that stands between a leader and his fate</a>.<br /><br /><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/most-powerful-mercenary-armies-2013-4?op=1#ixzz2RLM04tgP" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1366802783447_3655" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.businessinsider.com/most-powerful-mercenary-armies-2013-4?op=1#ixzz2RLM04tgP</font></u></a></p> </blockquote> </div> <div id="yui_3_7_2_1_1366802783447_3656">  </div> </div> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Wed, 04/24/2013 - 8:22am</span> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/blog/the-worlds-most-powerful-mercenary-armies" rel="tag" title="The World&#039;s Most Powerful Mercenary Armies" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The World&#039;s Most Powerful Mercenary Armies</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/blog/the-worlds-most-powerful-mercenary-armies#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">3 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/288/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1662648173" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:22:47 +0000 Peter J. Munson 14043 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Our Silent Partners: Private Security Contractors in Iraq http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/our-silent-partners-private-security-contractors-in-iraq <span>Our Silent Partners: Private Security Contractors in Iraq</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Thu, 05/17/2012 - 3:47pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> A look at the issues behind the use of private security contractors.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/our-silent-partners-private-security-contractors-in-iraq" rel="tag" title="Our Silent Partners: Private Security Contractors in Iraq" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Our Silent Partners: Private Security Contractors in Iraq</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/our-silent-partners-private-security-contractors-in-iraq#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">2 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/288/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1338424907" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 17 May 2012 19:47:36 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12639 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com