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Scotsman.com News - Mercenary firms fear bloodbath in Iraq

Scotsman.com News - Mercenary firms fear bloodbath in Iraq: "MERCENARY chiefs are urgently reviewing rules dictating when they can use force in Iraq, amid growing fears that another confrontation between private security operators and police could explode into a bloodbath.
Days after four British bodyguards and their client were snatched by bogus police from the streets of Baghdad, the bosses of private security firms have admitted there is now a 'serious risk' of shoot-outs between 'mercenary' officials and Iraqi security forces. "

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