Wars and the Abuses Committed By Private Military Contractors

108,000 Private Contractors in Afghanistan and “We Have No Idea What They’re Doing”

According to the CRS, the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan show the increasing reliance of the military on private contractors. But replacing the military with private contractors is not necessarily a good thing. Highlighting the abuses committed by private military contractors, Angela Snell of the University of Illinois College of Law has called this trend a “convenient way for the U.S. government to evade its legal obligations, including the responsibility to protect the human rights of civilians in war and peace, by allowing private individuals, rather than official state actors, to perform services on behalf of the U.S. military.”

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/108000-private-contractors-in-afghanistan-and-we-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing/5338211?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=108000-private-contractors-in-afghanistan-and-we-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing
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