Blackwater Watch|Blackwater USA/Worldwide, now called Xe, is the world’s largest private mercenary army with over 20,000 soldiers and its own air force.

Eugene Fidell, Senior Research Scholar in Law and Lecturer in Law at Yale University and president of the National Institute of Military Justice, discusses the criminal and civil litigation brought against the Blackwater personnel from … J. J. Messner of the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), an advocacy and research group representing 60 PMCs worldwide, explains the role of the IPOA ‘Code of Conduct’ in regulating the behavior of member companies and …

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