US security contractors survive, UK firms pack up (Pakistan)

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Source: Dawn PK

ISLAMABAD: Several US contractors who have been at the centre of a controversy over presence of foreign security companies in the country appear to have survived, while the British firms have left.

There has been a recent onslaught of reports in the national media about the presence of foreign security contractors, particularly Blackwater/Xe.

The survival of the US firms, including Catalyst Services considered by many as front organisations of Blackwater/Xe and the Dyncorp, continues to pose a challenge to the country’s law-enforcement agencies who fear that these entities may be part of an attempt to establish what they call a parallel security and intelligence network.

According to an official report, other US security firms in Pakistan are Sallyport Global Services, having a security contract with an embassy in Islamabad, and RSM Consulting.

However, all British companies have packed up and left the country.

Read more: http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/14-us-security-contractors-survive%2C-uk-firms-pack-up-130-zj-06

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1. they should be kicked out just like in Iraq