"Before the world heard about the Wagner Group, Blackwater was the most well-known Private Military Company (PMC)"
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"How and when did private military companies (PMCs) emerge? What have they been they doing, and where?"
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"The worldβs first private military company, WatchGuard International, was founded by a Scottish officer in the British army, Colonel David Stirling, the same man who, during World War II, created the commando unit that became known as the SAS"..
WatchGuard was headquartered in London and legally registered as an offshore company in Jersey. WatchGuard primarily did business on the Arabian Peninsula β in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.
"Specialists from the former SAS advised the governments of these countries on military training and the suppression of insurgent movements; they also assisted in combating them.
..in 1970-71, WatchGuard was developing a special operation to overthrow Colonel Muammar Gaddafi"..
..in 1970-71, WatchGuard was developing a special operation to overthrow Colonel Muammar Gaddafi"..
"..Not only Stirling, but other former fighters of the SAS were engaged in the creation of PMCs, which supplied bodyguards, assassins, and military trainers around the world. Some of these other organizations openly advertised their services"..
"In September 2005, the U.S. government enlisted the help of Blackwater to eliminate the effects of Hurricane Katrina. About 200 of its employees were flown into the disaster area, an operation that cost the U.S. government $240,000 per day..
This PMCs βfinest hour,β however, was the war in Iraq. In December 2006, the U.S. Department of Defense employed at least 100,000 contract workers, 10 times more than the number of civilians hired during the Gulf War."..
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