There's a new sheriff in Kabul

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/ID13Df03.html


Look out Aegis Defence Services - there's a new sheriff in town.

For the past few years, the one British private security company (PSC) that even the casual observer knew about was Aegis, which has the biggest private security contract in Iraq (worth US$293 million over three years). It provides the US Defense Department with security support services for the Project and



Contracting Office, which is responsible for managing the reconstruction program.

But on April 2, it was announced that ArmorGroup North America, a McLean, Virginia-based subsidiary of UK-based ArmorGroup International, had been awarded the contract to provide guard services at the US Embassy in Kabul. The contract, worth up to $189 million, will run for up to five years from early this month.

Under the terms of the contract, ArmorGroup will provide the following services:
Static guard services: former Gurkha soldiers and Afghan guards protecting personnel and assets based at the US Embassy and other facilities in Kabul.
Life-support services: providing facilities support, such as catering and laundry, for all personnel based at the US Embassy and other facilities in Kabul.
Explosive-detection dogs: providing dogs and handlers for improved access-point and perimeter protection.

The deal is ArmorGroup's biggest contract ever. The announcement means that the firm is now one of the biggest armed-guard providers in Afghanistan, alongside big US contractors such as DynCorp International Inc and Blackwater USA.
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making money the neo con way

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1. ugh

:puke: :spank: Dammitallanyway!