Doug Brooks

President of the International Peace Operations Association

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President of the International Peace Operations Association, a nonprofit group that represents several major private-security firms

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All US diplomats are  banned from leaving the Green Zone  by land as Iraq's Prime Nouri al-Maliki Minister tells the State Department to fire  Blackwater USA  security guards.

Iraq Wants Blackwater Security Guards Out

All US diplomats are banned from leaving the Green Zone by land as Iraq's Prime Nouri al-Maliki Minister tells the State Department to fire Blackwater USA security guards.

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The Army that cleaned latrines and did kitchen patrol is a thing of the past, with that kind of grunt work now performed by private contractors.

Pentagon Increasingly Outsources War Effort

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