EPISODE · Dec 27, 2007 · 22 MIN

Assignment - Blackwater

from The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2007 · host BBC World Service

There are now as many private security contractors in Iraq as there are US soldiers. To whom are they accountable when things go wrong? Steve Evans reports on the most controversial contractor, Blackwater, which has been criticised by the Iraqi government, American politicians and its own employees.

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