The Herald : "BRITAIN'S overstretched special forces could be facing an exodus because of a new American 'mercenary' deal in Iraq offering up to three times the military's rate of pay for SAS or SBS veterans with combat experience.
The 58m contract, for a civilianised force of former soldiers 'trained to Nato standards', is for guarding the four-square-mile Green Zone in central Baghdad which houses coalition headquarters and the Iraqi governing council offices.
The Pentagon plans to withdraw its own regular troops to six bases on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital to minimise casualties inside the city in a US presidential election year, leaving protection of the vulneralbe administrative nerve-centre in the hands of a private security company"
The 58m contract, for a civilianised force of former soldiers 'trained to Nato standards', is for guarding the four-square-mile Green Zone in central Baghdad which houses coalition headquarters and the Iraqi governing council offices.
The Pentagon plans to withdraw its own regular troops to six bases on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital to minimise casualties inside the city in a US presidential election year, leaving protection of the vulneralbe administrative nerve-centre in the hands of a private security company"
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