If private military and security companies are here to stay in Africa, their lack of accountability for criminal acts needs to be addressed.
Mercenaries Once Again Operating at the “Tip of the Spear” in Africa
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If private military and security companies are here to stay in Africa, their lack of accountability for criminal acts needs to be addressed.
This past week, both the House and the Senate debated and voted on legislation affecting the deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq. In the Senate, the issue was the length of time soldiers and Marines would have at home between deployments to the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan. In the House, Ike Skelton (D-MO) introduced a bill requiring the secretary of defense to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq within 120 days of the legislation becoming law and complete the drawdown to a “limited presence” – a heretofore unknown parameter – by April 1, 2008.