When Private Armies Take to the Front Lines.

FALLUJAH (Iraq); VIRGINIA; IRAQ; UNITED States

Discusses how private security companies are being hired to protect U.S. journalists, government contractors, and administration working in Iraq. How four employees of the security company Blackwater USA were murdered in Fallujah, Iraq; Focus of insurgents on driving the private security contractors out of Iraq; Consideration of how the Blackwater training facility in Virginia has several target ranges and a simulated town for urban-warfare training; Plans for Blackwater to host the World SWAT Challenge which will be broadcast on ESPN; Relationship between soldiers working for private firms and those employed by the U.S. military.