Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan

By United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

Book Id: WPLBN0002955059
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Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan
Author:	United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, History, Politics
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan
Historic Publication Date:	2010
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


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The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated by events in August 2008, when US forces bombed the Afghan village of Azizabad. This gave rise to a public dispute between the US Government and the United Nations about the level of fatalities caused by the attack and about whether those killed had been civilians or Taliban-linked insurgents. Allegations soon emerged that the attack had been based on false information deliberately fed to the US military by Afghan employees of ArmorGroup, a private security contractor, and that these employees were engaged in murder and anti-coalition activities. A key local contact of ArmorGroup, who they dubbed Mr Pink, was subsequently convicted of espionage and sentenced to death, but was later freed.

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History, Politics