The Private Armies of Iraq
The Washington Post

This series by Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru sheds light on private security contractors, the hired guns who fight a parallel and largely hidden war in Iraq. The articles were originally published in The Washington Post between April 15, 2007, and December 24, 2007. The series was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2008.

CONTENTS

1. A Chaotic Day on Baghdad’s Airport Road
2. Iraq Contractors Face Growing Parallel War
3. Cutting Costs, Bending Rules, and a Trail of Broken Lives
4. For Abducted Guards, Iraq Wasn’t Just About Money
5. Where Military Rules Don’t Apply
6. Guards in Iraq Cite Frequent Shootings
7. How Blackwater Sniper Fire Felled 3 Iraqi Guards
8. Iraqis Detail Shooting by Guard Firm
9. Warnings Unheeded on Guards in Iraq

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