{"id":47408,"date":"2026-05-06T22:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/?page_id=47408"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:30:38","slug":"press-and-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iissonline.net\/2026\/press-and-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Press and Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Reviews of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shadow-Force-Security-Contractors-International\/dp\/0275996336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><em>International Affairs<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/20869669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Private security companies in Iraq and beyond<\/a>, Vol. 87 (2) 2011, Trevor Taylor.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.privatemilitary.org\/ISOA\/JIPO-2009-11-IPOA-Intelligence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal of International Peace Operations<\/a>, Cyril Magnon-Pujo &ndash; &ldquo;A Shadowy Business: A Review of David Isenberg&#8217;s &#8216;Shadow Force,&#8217;&rdquo; Vol. 5, No 3 &#8211; November-December, 2009: Information and Intelligence.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><em>Journal of Peace Research<\/em>, Kjell Erling Kjellman, Vol. 46, Issue 4, July 2009, p. 601.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">The Shorrock Files, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/timshorrock.com\/2009\/03\/12\/only-the-shadow-knows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Only the shadow knows<\/a>,&rdquo; March 12, 2009.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">CATO Institute Podcast, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/multimedia\/cato-daily-podcast\/security-contractors-iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Security Contractors in Iraq<\/a>,&rdquo; December 28, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Public Speaking &amp; Testifying<\/h2>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Panel 1 (Exploring the history and current scope of military contractors), <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230330212754\/https:\/www.wcl.american.edu\/secle\/materials\/Spring_2015\/Above_the_Law\/TAB%252001.Agenda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guns For Hire: The Legal, Policy, and Ethical Implications for the Growing Reliance upon Military Contractors<\/a>, Washington College of Law, American University, <a href=\"http:\/\/media.wcl.american.edu\/Mediasite\/Play\/191bcebb4acc41dbb26936869c50d6f51d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video<\/a>, March 24, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2011<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/11-2-11_TechIP_Isenberg_Testimony_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Testimony<\/a> of David Isenberg, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/3070\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Are government contractors exploiting workers overseas? Examining enforcement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act<\/a>,&rdquo; November 2, 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2010<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Spoke on Outsourcing Military Operations and Their Impact on US Defense Policy\/Strategy, George Washington University, November 3, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Interview with ProPublica, Q&amp;A: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propublica.org\/blog\/item\/leaked-war-logs-raise-questions-of-accountability-for-military-contractors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaked War Logs Raise Questions of Accountability for Military Contractors<\/a>, Oct. 27, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2009<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Participant, Contracting in Conflicts: Expeditionary Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations, Center for a New American Security, Willard Intercontinental Hotel, Washington, DC, October 28, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2008<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/speeches\/has-privatization-national-security-gone-too-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far?<\/a>&rdquo; The Future of Military Contracting, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xKh2W8Ku-BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video<\/a>, New America Foundation, November 14, 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2007<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Participant in Expert Consultation: &ldquo;Status of Nationality and Private Military and Security Companies,&rdquo; Geneva, Switzerland, sponsored by the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and the Directorate of International Law, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, December 4-6, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Film Screening: Force Provision, Panel discussion participant American University, November 15, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Participant in one day unclassified, off-the-record conference, The Future of the Global Private Security Market, sponsored by the Directorate of Intelligence, Office of Transnational Issues, CIA at SAIC campus in Tyson&rsquo;s Corner, Virginia, November 15, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2006<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070203002453\/http:\/www.basicint.org\/pubs\/2006PMC-Zurichpres.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Putting Round Pegs into Square Holes: US Government Oversight and Regulation of Private Military and Security Contractors<\/a>, Grayston Centre, London, hosted by the British American Security Information Council, October 31, 2006.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">&ldquo;Putting round pegs into square holes: U.S. government oversight and regulation of private military and security contractors,&rdquo; Regulating Private Military and Security Companies panel October 27, 2006, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.files.ethz.ch\/isn\/30786\/7th-ISF-Conference-Proceedings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7th Annual International Security Forum<\/a> New Risks and Threats: The Challenge of Securing State and Society, Zurich, Switzerland, October 26-28, 2006.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Participant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/content\/dam\/aba\/administrative\/law_national_security\/2006_privatization.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Understanding the Privatization of National Security<\/a> conference. Sponsored by the McCormick Tribune Conference Series and the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, McCormick Tribune Foundation&rsquo;s Cantigny Estate in Wheaton, Illinois, May 11-12, 2006.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Participant in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iilj.org\/market-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Market Forces: Regulating Private Military Companies<\/a> Conference, Institute for International Law and Justice, New York University School of Law, NY, March 24, 2006.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/8851883\/The_Good_the_Bad_and_the_Unknown_PMCs_in_Iraq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown: PMCs in Iraq<\/a>, Presentation by David Isenberg, at the &#8220;Guns &#8216;n gates: The role of private security actors in armed violence&#8221; Cost Action 25 Working Group 3, Bonn Germany, February 9-10, 2006.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2004<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Seminar participant in &ldquo;Privatisation of Warfare,&rdquo; Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Cligendael Institute, July 1 and 2, 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2001<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/9192509\/Private_Military_Firms_Myths_and_Missions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Private Military Firms: Myths and Missions<\/a>: Security for a New Century Intermediate Seminar, Joint Special Operations University, Hurlburt Field, FL, May 8th, 2001.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2000<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">&ldquo;Private Military Companies,&rdquo; Voice of America, Talk to America program, July 19, 2000.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">&ldquo;Privatizing Peacekeeping?,&rdquo; Feature Story News, June 12, 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1997<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">CNN International, November 6, 1997, to discuss &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/newtotse.com\/oldtotse\/en\/politics\/us_military\/armylove.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soldiers of Fortune Ltd: A Profile of Today&#8217;s Private Sector Corporate Mercenary Firms<\/a>&#8221; report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Media Appearances<\/h2>\n<h3>2021<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davemarash.com\/2021\/04\/22\/david-isenberg-author-shadow-force-private-security-contractors-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here And There<\/a>, David Isenberg, &#8220;Erik Prince&#8217;s fiasco in Libya &mdash; he says he didn&#8217;t do it,&#8221; April 22, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2020<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davemarash.com\/2020\/08\/25\/david-isenberg-shadow-force-the-people-who-fight-in-proxy-wars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here And There<\/a>, &#8220;The people who fight in proxy wars,&#8221; August 25, 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davemarash.com\/2019\/11\/11\/david-isenberg-author-of-shadow-force-private-military-contracting-goes-global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here and There<\/a>, &#8220;Private Military Contracting Goes Global,&#8221; November 11, 2019.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/podcasts\/force-for-hire\/episode-1-outsourcing-america-s-military-might-1.571564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Force For Hire: A Stars and Stripes Podcast, Episode 1: Outsourcing America&#8217;s military might<\/a>, March 6, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davemarash.com\/2018\/08\/22\/david-isenberg-military-analyst-author-shadow-force-private-security-contractors-in-iraq-saudis-and-emeratis-are-bombing-yemen-from-the-air-but-whos-fighting-on-the-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here and There<\/a>, &ldquo;Saudis and Emeratis are bombing Yemen from the air, but who&rsquo;s fighting on the ground?&rdquo; August 22, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hereandtherewithdavemarash.libsyn.com\/march-16-isenberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here And There<\/a>, &ldquo;The military-industrial complex adds private contractors, loses control,&rdquo; March 16, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hereandtherewithdavemarash.libsyn.com\/here-and-there-july-19-2016-david-isenberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here And There<\/a>, &ldquo;Blackwater boss quits military contracting? Maybe not.,&rdquo; July 19, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera English, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2015\/4\/14\/ex-blackwater-guards-handed-lengthy-prison-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ex-Blackwater guards handed lengthy prison terms<\/a>,&rdquo; April 14, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2014<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L8Nf-JCk-XQ&amp;list=UUT6Gl7RF_yv390eiLQfe_Hg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">segment on Blackwater trial<\/a>, Sep. 2, 2014.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.prx.org\/series\/34282-here-and-there-with-dave-marash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here and There<\/a>, &ldquo;How private contractors pocketed millions of dollars for running the CIA&#8217;s torture program, and got permanent immunity from prosecutions for what many call war crimes,&rdquo; February 3, 2014.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/bulletin-board\/169524-rtamerica-news-june30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RT America<\/a>, The State Department dropped a 2007 investigation of security contractor Blackwater after the lead investigator was threatened by the company&rsquo;s project manager. RT&rsquo;s Manila Chan discusses the newly revealed incident and other issues surrounding security contractors with &#8220;Shadow Force&#8221; author, David Isenberg. June 30, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2011<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re estimates of PMC fraud and waste, July 22, 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2010<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re sale of Blackwater, December 17, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re PMCS in Wikileaks document dump, October 22, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">C-Span III, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/interview\/wartime-contracting\/230955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speaks on private military contracting<\/a>, August 17, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">The World in &ldquo;Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,&rdquo; June 28, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re expulsion of former Blackwater contractors from Iraq, Feb. 11, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Roy Green Show, CKNW AM Radio, Vancouver, Canada, on private contractors, Jan. 16, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re charges against contractors in Afghanistan, Jan. 7, 2010.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NPgg2P7yKLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge Urbina&rsquo;s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors<\/a>, Jan. 2, 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2009<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re Israeli private security contractors, December 22, 2009.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Federal News Radio, The Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, &ldquo;Examining the role of the military contractor,&rdquo; November 12, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2008<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re Blackwater, SOFA and contractors, December 11, 2008.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), indictment against Blackwater contractors, December 8, 2008.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), speaking on Status of Forces Agreement negotiations between Iraq and the United States, November 16, 2008.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), speaking on Status of Forces Agreement negotiations between Iraq and Iran and implications for contractors, Oct 20, 2008.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera English, Riz Khan show, August 20, 2008, re contractors in Iraq, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pc-xKZMedxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 1<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9s5cppr2D4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 2<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2007<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">TV Ontario, The Agenda With Steve Paikin, October 23, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), Interview with re PMC industry, October 18, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera (English), re PMC in Iraq, October 8, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera, re FBI investigation into Blackwater and Rep. Price legislation on MEJA, October 4, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera, re Oct. 2 congressional hearing on Blackwater, October 2, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera, re shooting of Iraqis by Blackwater contractors, September 17, 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Al Jazeera, Interview on re British withdrawal from Basrah and Bush visit to Iraq, September 3, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2004<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">WTOP-AM, Chas. Henry reporting, re private military and security company employees in Iraq. October 19, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">WTOP-AM, Chas. Henry reporting, re PMCs in Iraq. October 14, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Radio America Network News You Can Use, Jane Silk, Host, Report by General Taguba &amp; His Senate Testimony, May 11, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">CNN International, torture scandal in Iraq, May 8, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">WWPR, with Henry Raines, Iraq and PMCs, May 7, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">KXCI, with David Yerkey, re PMCs in Iraq, May 5, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">WRVC, Jean Dean, re PMCs in Iraq, May 5, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">KPCC, re PMCs in Iraq, May 5, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Voice of America, Talk to America radio show, re PMCs in Iraq, May 4, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">WOON, Don Burnelle, Military Alternatives and Privatized Military Companies, May 3, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">KKCR, Truth From The Source with Dr. Ann West, Military Alternatives and Privatized Military Companies, April 23, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">KZZZ, Richard Kaffenberger Show, Private Military Companies, April 22, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">WHON, Troy Derengowski, Military Alternatives and Privatized Military Companies, April 21, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">KFRU and KLIK, re Iraq and PMCs, April 15, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">KVMR, War without End: Mercenaries and Private Armies, April 14, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">WCTC, The Midday Show with Bernie Spigner, re attacks against US contractor personnel in Fallujah, Iraq, April 1, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radio786.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radio 786<\/a>, Primetalk, South Africa re South African\/Equatorial Guinea\/Zimbawe situation, March 17, 2004.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/0403\/10\/i_ins.00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>, re mercenaries in Africa, March 10, 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq International Affairs, Private security companies in Iraq and beyond, Vol. 87 (2) 2011, Trevor Taylor. 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