[lbo-talk] more on PMCs and liberia

[Jeffrey Fisher]

from the ft

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/ 
FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1058868119830&p=1012571727172

or

http://tinyurl.com/i229

"The company offered in June to provide the UN-backed court with a  
'special constabulary force' of some 60 armed men that would arrest Mr  
Taylor and bring him to trial at a cost of about $4m (£2.5m). Since  
then the violence in Liberia has intensified, making such an operation  
too difficult. Mr Dipofi said: 'This whole thing could have been  
resolved in June.'"