HAITI: Private Contractors 'Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot'

HAITI: Private Contractors 'Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot' by Anthony Fenton, Inter Press Service News Agency, February 19, 2010 Critics are concerned that private military contractors are positioning themselves at the centre of an emerging "shock doctrine" for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Next month, a prominent umbrella organisation for private military and logistic corporations, the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA), is co-organising a "Haiti summit" which aims to bring together "leading officials" for "private consultations with attending contractors and investors" in Miami, Florida. More...