Just about every 11 months the subject of private security companies in Iraq crosses my field of vision. They are still very active. They guard all convoys transporting reconstruction material. They guard U.S. military installations. They guard at least three generals. The Army plans to use them to guard military convoys and provide security for the Corps of Engineers. Naturally, with all this guarding they are subject to attacks by the insurgents; one firm was attached 300 times in the first four months of this year.
While the companies are doing things that used to be done by the military, any casualties they suffer are not reported or are under-reported by the military. Some think 132 contractors have been killed and 416 wounded since Fall 2004; some think the number is higher.
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