Blackwater
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Eine der privaten Söldner-Firmen im Einsatz im Irak.
(CNN) -- Blackwater Security Consulting -- whose four employees were viciously killed and their corpses mutilated by a mob in Fallujah, Iraq -- is one of a growing number of private security contractors that are hiring veterans for jobs previously assigned to the military.
The four men killed Wednesday were providing security for a convoy delivering U.S. government food.
Blackwater also provides security for Paul Bremer, the U.S. civil administrator in Iraq.
"These are typically former special operations community personnel who are highly trained in the use of deadly force, also in surveillance detection and also in risk avoidance," Robinson said.
Blackwater, headed by former U.S. Navy SEALs, was founded in part to take advantage of business opportunities created by the downsizing of the U.S. military.
The company is based at a 6,000 acre site in rural North Carolina, a campus the company calls "the most comprehensive private tactical training facility in the United States."
"I have heard estimates of up to 4,000 private sector security personnel working in Iraq," said Crispin Hawes of the Eurasia Group, a research and consulting firm.
"Blackwater USA is comprised of five companies; Blackwater Training Center, Blackwater Target Systems, Blackwater Security Consulting, Blackwater Canine, and Blackwater Air (AWS). We have established a global presence and provide training and tactical solutions for the 21st century."
"Coalition forces and civilian contractors and administrators work side by side every day with the Iraqi people to provide essential goods and services like food, water, electricity and vital security to the Iraqi citizens and coalition members. Our tasks are dangerous and while we feel sadness for our fallen colleagues, we also feel pride and satisfaction that we are making a difference for the people of Iraq."
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