Aegis Defence Services - Revision history

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Employing ex-military from the controversial Deepcut barracks

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−	''Previously known as [[Aegis Specialist Risk Management]]. Now known as [[GardaWorld International ~~Pro''''~~'~~Bold text~~''~~'tective Services]]~~	+	'''''Previously known as [[Aegis Specialist Risk Management]]. Now known as [[GardaWorld International Protective Services]]'''

	Based in London, the company was founded by former Scots Guard [[Tim Spicer]] who made headlines with the [[Sandline affair]] when he was caught shipping 30 tonnes of arms to [[Sierra Leone]] in apparent violation of a UN weapons embargo and arrested in the 1997 abortive coup in Papua New Guinea. His friend and former Sandline business partner, the ex-SAS officer [[Simon Mann]], also later made headlines for his role as manager of a thwarted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. [[Frederick Forsyth]], the author of ''Dogs of War'', is an Aegis shareholder.		Based in London, the company was founded by former Scots Guard [[Tim Spicer]] who made headlines with the [[Sandline affair]] when he was caught shipping 30 tonnes of arms to [[Sierra Leone]] in apparent violation of a UN weapons embargo and arrested in the 1997 abortive coup in Papua New Guinea. His friend and former Sandline business partner, the ex-SAS officer [[Simon Mann]], also later made headlines for his role as manager of a thwarted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. [[Frederick Forsyth]], the author of ''Dogs of War'', is an Aegis shareholder.

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−	Previously known as [[Aegis Specialist Risk Management]]. Now known as [[GardaWorld International ~~Protective~~ Services]]	+	''Previously known as [[Aegis Specialist Risk Management]]. Now known as [[GardaWorld International Pro'''''Bold text'''tective Services]]

	Based in London, the company was founded by former Scots Guard [[Tim Spicer]] who made headlines with the [[Sandline affair]] when he was caught shipping 30 tonnes of arms to [[Sierra Leone]] in apparent violation of a UN weapons embargo and arrested in the 1997 abortive coup in Papua New Guinea. His friend and former Sandline business partner, the ex-SAS officer [[Simon Mann]], also later made headlines for his role as manager of a thwarted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. [[Frederick Forsyth]], the author of ''Dogs of War'', is an Aegis shareholder.		Based in London, the company was founded by former Scots Guard [[Tim Spicer]] who made headlines with the [[Sandline affair]] when he was caught shipping 30 tonnes of arms to [[Sierra Leone]] in apparent violation of a UN weapons embargo and arrested in the 1997 abortive coup in Papua New Guinea. His friend and former Sandline business partner, the ex-SAS officer [[Simon Mann]], also later made headlines for his role as manager of a thwarted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. [[Frederick Forsyth]], the author of ''Dogs of War'', is an Aegis shareholder.

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-Also known as [[Aegis Specialist Risk Management]].
+Previously known as [[Aegis Specialist Risk Management]]. Now known as [[GardaWorld International Protective Services]]
 Based in London, the company was founded by former Scots Guard [[Tim Spicer]] who made headlines with the [[Sandline affair]] when he was caught shipping 30 tonnes of arms to [[Sierra Leone]] in apparent violation of a UN weapons embargo  and arrested in the 1997 abortive coup in Papua New Guinea. His friend and former Sandline business partner, the ex-SAS officer [[Simon Mann]], also later made headlines for his role as manager of a thwarted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. [[Frederick Forsyth]], the author of ''Dogs of War'', is an Aegis shareholder.
 ==Foundation==

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 The ''Mirror’s'' front-page story originally identified Dauscha as one ‘Sergeant BB’, against whom Blake had found evidence of misconduct. A [[Royal Military Police]] investigation had recommended 11 charges against Sgt BB - all rejected by the [[Army Prosecuting Authority]] - a decision at which Blake had expressed surprise in his review.<ref>See the Deepcut Review, pp 265-66 for Blake's view on the APA’s failure in this instance to consider the need to protect trainees from abuse: ‘The decision of the APA ‘prompts the question “who guards the guards?”’</ref>
-The ''Mirror'' based its claims on an interview with Dauscha’s brother David, along with several testimonies from former recruits alleging that the former instructor had badly mistreated them.<ref> Pete Samson, '"He rode over me on a bike";  victims of Sgt psycho the overweight soldier ', ''The Mirror'', April 6, 2006, Pg.5 </ref> David Dauscha subsequently complained to the [[Press Complaints Council]] (PCC) that the relevant article ‘was inaccurate when it stated that he had identified his brother Michael as the infamous Sergeant BB in relation to the Deepcut report’. <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  [[http://www.powerbase.info/images/4/4a/PCC_report73_April-June2006.pdf Press Complaints Commission Report 73]], Complaints dealt with during April 2006 – September 2006, p.39 </ref> The matter was resolved in June 2006 when the ''Mirror'' printed the following retraction:‎
+The ''Mirror'' based its claims on an interview with Dauscha’s brother David, along with several testimonies from former recruits alleging that the former instructor had badly mistreated them.<ref> Pete Samson, '"He rode over me on a bike";  victims of Sgt psycho the overweight soldier ', ''The Mirror'', April 6, 2006, Pg.5 </ref> David Dauscha subsequently complained to the [[Press Complaints Council]] (PCC) that the relevant article ‘was inaccurate when it stated that he had identified his brother Michael as the infamous Sergeant BB in relation to the Deepcut report’. <ref name="PCC"> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  [http://www.powerbase.info/images/4/4a/PCC_report73_April-June2006.pdf Press Complaints Commission Report 73], Complaints dealt with during April 2006 – September 2006, p.39 </ref> The matter was resolved in June 2006 when the ''Mirror'' printed the following retraction:‎
-:ALTHOUGH David Dauscha confirmed to us (which we reported) that his brother, Michael, was "a violent psycho and a bully who is capable of anything", he did not identify his brother as - and was not aware that he was - Sgt BB in relation to the Deepcut report, as we claimed (Page 4, April 5 and early editions Page 5, April 6). <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  Press Complaints Commission Report 73, April-June 2006, </ref> <ref> For the record, ''The Mirror'', 7 June 2006 </ref>
+:ALTHOUGH David Dauscha confirmed to us (which we reported) that his brother, Michael, was "a violent psycho and a bully who is capable of anything", he did not identify his brother as - and was not aware that he was - Sgt BB in relation to the Deepcut report, as we claimed (Page 4, April 5 and early editions Page 5, April 6). <ref name="PCC"/> <ref> For the record, ''The Mirror'', 7 June 2006 </ref>
 This retraction replaced the original article, and remained online with the accompanying articles, including the testimonies by former recruits, for eight more years until March 2014, when they disappeared without explanation.

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 Also known as [[Aegis Specialist Risk Management]].
-Based in London, the company was founded by former Scots Guard [[Tim Spicer]] who made headlines with the [[Sandline affair]] when he was caught shipping 30 tons of arms to Sierra Leone in apparent violation of a UN weapons embargo  and arrested in the 1997 abortive coup in Papua New Guinea. His friend and former Sandline business partner, the ex-SAS officer [[Simon Mann]], also later made headlines for his role as manager of a thwarted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. [[Frederick Forsyth]], the author of ''Dogs of War'', is an Aegis shareholder.
+Based in London, the company was founded by former Scots Guard [[Tim Spicer]] who made headlines with the [[Sandline affair]] when he was caught shipping 30 tonnes of arms to [[Sierra Leone]] in apparent violation of a UN weapons embargo  and arrested in the 1997 abortive coup in Papua New Guinea. His friend and former Sandline business partner, the ex-SAS officer [[Simon Mann]], also later made headlines for his role as manager of a thwarted coup plot in Equatorial Guinea in 2004. [[Frederick Forsyth]], the author of ''Dogs of War'', is an Aegis shareholder.
 ==Foundation==
-Aegis was founded by [[Tim Spicer]] in late 2002.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.272.</ref>
+Aegis was founded by [[Tim Spicer]] in late 2002.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, ''Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror'', Crown, 2006, p.272.</ref>
 ==Iraq Contract - Project Matrix==
-In March 2004, Aegis was awarded a $293 million dollar security contract in Iraq.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.272.</ref> This contract is known internally as Project  Matrix.<ref>Steve Fanaru and Alec Klein, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/30/AR2007063001075_pf.html In Iraq, a Private Realm Of Intelligence-Gathering], Washington Post, 1 July 2007.</ref>
+In March 2004, Aegis was awarded a $293 million dollar security contract in Iraq.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, ''Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror'', Crown, 2006, p.272.</ref> This contract is known internally as Project  Matrix.<ref>Steve Fanaru and Alec Klein, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/30/AR2007063001075_pf.html In Iraq, a Private Realm Of Intelligence-Gathering], Washington Post, 1 July 2007.</ref>
 According to [[Naomi Klein]], the CPA's Project Management Office contracted with the firm to protect its employees from "assassination, kidnapping, injury and "embarrassment."  In a separate contract, the firm also provides security for employees working on the Iraqi [[Oil-for-Food]] corruption inquiry.
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 Acording to a former employee of the PMO interviewed by Pelton, Ellery advised Spicer throughout the process.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.279.</ref>
-[[James Ellery]] was later employed at Aegis's Baghdad office. After the State Department demanded his dismissal, he left the country but was appointed to Aegis's board of directors.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror, Crown, 2006, p.279.</ref>
+[[James Ellery]] was later employed at Aegis's Baghdad office. After the State Department demanded his dismissal, he left the country but was appointed to Aegis's board of directors.<ref>Robert Young Pelton, ''Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror'', Crown, 2006, p.279.</ref>
-The contract award was the subject of a protest by rival US security company [[DynCorp]].<ref>''Tony Geraghty, Guns For Hire: The Inside Story of Freelance Soldiering'', Piatkus, 2007, p.31.</ref>
+The contract award was the subject of a protest by rival US security company [[DynCorp]].<ref>Tony Geraghty, ''Guns For Hire: The Inside Story of Freelance Soldiering'', Piatkus, 2007, p.31.</ref>
-The firm employs a total of 930 people in Iraq and besides coordinating communications between coalition forces, civilian contractors working on reconstruction projects, and their private security firms, it also provides bodyguards for senior American and Iraqi officials. It operates one national and six regional command-centres and acts as a link between coalition forces and civilian contractors on security issues, relaying information on rebel activity. [ref/date?]
+The firm employed 930 people in Iraq and besides coordinating communications between coalition forces, civilian contractors working on reconstruction projects, and their private security firms, it also provides bodyguards for senior American and Iraqi officials. It operates one national and six regional command-centres and acts as a link between coalition forces and civilian contractors on security issues, relaying information on rebel activity. [ref/date?]
 ==Employing ex-military from the controversial Deepcut barracks==
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 :ALTHOUGH David Dauscha confirmed to us (which we reported) that his brother, Michael, was "a violent psycho and a bully who is capable of anything", he did not identify his brother as - and was not aware that he was - Sgt BB in relation to the Deepcut report, as we claimed (Page 4, April 5 and early editions Page 5, April 6). <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  Press Complaints Commission Report 73, April-June 2006, </ref> <ref> For the record, ''The Mirror'', 7 June 2006 </ref>
-This retraction replaced the original article, and remained online with the accompanying articles, including the testimonies by former recruits, for eight more years until March 2014, when it disappeared without explanation.
+This retraction replaced the original article, and remained online with the accompanying articles, including the testimonies by former recruits, for eight more years until March 2014, when they disappeared without explanation.
 ==Trophy videos in Iraq==

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 ==Employing ex-military from the controversial Deepcut barracks==
-In April 2006 Aegis suspended [[Michael Dauscha]], a British ex-staff sergeant, from his £80,000-a-year Baghdad post following allegations published by the ''Mirror'' newspaper related to an official inquiry into the Deepcut barracks. <ref> Pete Samson and Victoria Ward,
+In April 2006 Aegis suspended, then sacked, British ex-staff sergeant [[Michael Dauscha]] from his £80,000-a-year Baghdad security post following allegations published by the ''Mirror'' newspaper related to an official inquiry into the Deepcut barracks. <ref> Pete Samson and Victoria Ward,
 'Bully, thug, thief ..sex cheat - by brother of soldier accused over army hell;  exclusive exposed: deepcut sergeant psycho', ''The Mirror'', April 5, 2006 Pg 4. </ref> <ref>Deepcut Dossier;  Exposed: Deepcut Sergeant psycho, ''The Mirror'', April 5, 2006 Pg. 5 </ref>
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 The ''Mirror’s'' front-page story originally identified Dauscha as one ‘Sergeant BB’, against whom Blake had found evidence of misconduct. A [[Royal Military Police]] investigation had recommended 11 charges against Sgt BB - all rejected by the [[Army Prosecuting Authority]] - a decision at which Blake had expressed surprise in his review.<ref>See the Deepcut Review, pp 265-66 for Blake's view on the APA’s failure in this instance to consider the need to protect trainees from abuse: ‘The decision of the APA ‘prompts the question “who guards the guards?”’</ref>
-The ''Mirror'' based its claims on an interview with Dauscha’s brother David, along with several testimonies from former recruits alleging that the former instructor had badly mistreated them.<ref> Pete Samson, '"He rode over me on a bike";  victims of Sgt psycho the overweight soldier ', ''The Mirror'', April 6, 2006, Pg.5 </ref> David Dauscha subsequently complained to the [[Press Complaints Council]] (PCC) that the relevant article ‘was inaccurate when it stated that he had identified his brother Michael as the infamous Sergeant BB in relation to the Deepcut report’. <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  [["File:PCC report73 April-June2006.pdf"  Press Complaints Commission Report 73]], Complaints dealt with during April 2006 – September 2006, p. </ref> The case was resolved in June 2006 when the ''Mirror'' printed the following retraction:‎
+The ''Mirror'' based its claims on an interview with Dauscha’s brother David, along with several testimonies from former recruits alleging that the former instructor had badly mistreated them.<ref> Pete Samson, '"He rode over me on a bike";  victims of Sgt psycho the overweight soldier ', ''The Mirror'', April 6, 2006, Pg.5 </ref> David Dauscha subsequently complained to the [[Press Complaints Council]] (PCC) that the relevant article ‘was inaccurate when it stated that he had identified his brother Michael as the infamous Sergeant BB in relation to the Deepcut report’. <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  [[File:PCC report73 April-June2006.pdf Press Complaints Commission Report 73]], Complaints dealt with during April 2006 – September 2006, p.39 </ref> The matter was resolved in June 2006 when the ''Mirror'' printed the following retraction:‎
 :ALTHOUGH David Dauscha confirmed to us (which we reported) that his brother, Michael, was "a violent psycho and a bully who is capable of anything", he did not identify his brother as - and was not aware that he was - Sgt BB in relation to the Deepcut report, as we claimed (Page 4, April 5 and early editions Page 5, April 6). <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  Press Complaints Commission Report 73, April-June 2006, </ref> <ref> For the record, ''The Mirror'', 7 June 2006 </ref>
-This retraction replaced the original article, and remained online with the accompanying articles, including the testimonies by former recruits, for eight more years until 2014.
+This retraction replaced the original article, and remained online with the accompanying articles, including the testimonies by former recruits, for eight more years until March 2014, when it disappeared without explanation.
 ==Trophy videos in Iraq==

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 The ''Mirror’s'' front-page story originally identified Dauscha as one ‘Sergeant BB’, against whom Blake had found evidence of misconduct. A [[Royal Military Police]] investigation had recommended 11 charges against Sgt BB - all rejected by the [[Army Prosecuting Authority]] - a decision at which Blake had expressed surprise in his review.<ref>See the Deepcut Review, pp 265-66 for Blake's view on the APA’s failure in this instance to consider the need to protect trainees from abuse: ‘The decision of the APA ‘prompts the question “who guards the guards?”’</ref>
-The ''Mirror'' based its claims on an interview with Dauscha’s brother David, along with several testimonies from former recruits alleging that the former instructor had badly mistreated them.<ref> Pete Samson, '"He rode over me on a bike";  victims of Sgt psycho the overweight soldier ', ''The Mirror'', April 6, 2006, Pg.5 </ref> David Dauscha subsequently complained to the [[Press Complaints Council]] (PCC) that the relevant article ‘was inaccurate when it stated that he had identified his brother Michael as the infamous Sergeant BB in relation to the Deepcut report’. <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  ["File:PCC report73 April-June2006.pdf"  Press Complaints Commission Report 73], Complaints dealt with during April 2006 – September 2006, p. </ref> The case was resolved in June 2006 when the ''Mirror'' printed the following retraction:‎
+The ''Mirror'' based its claims on an interview with Dauscha’s brother David, along with several testimonies from former recruits alleging that the former instructor had badly mistreated them.<ref> Pete Samson, '"He rode over me on a bike";  victims of Sgt psycho the overweight soldier ', ''The Mirror'', April 6, 2006, Pg.5 </ref> David Dauscha subsequently complained to the [[Press Complaints Council]] (PCC) that the relevant article ‘was inaccurate when it stated that he had identified his brother Michael as the infamous Sergeant BB in relation to the Deepcut report’. <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  [["File:PCC report73 April-June2006.pdf"  Press Complaints Commission Report 73]], Complaints dealt with during April 2006 – September 2006, p. </ref> The case was resolved in June 2006 when the ''Mirror'' printed the following retraction:‎
 :ALTHOUGH David Dauscha confirmed to us (which we reported) that his brother, Michael, was "a violent psycho and a bully who is capable of anything", he did not identify his brother as - and was not aware that he was - Sgt BB in relation to the Deepcut report, as we claimed (Page 4, April 5 and early editions Page 5, April 6). <ref> Mr D K Dauscha, Publication ''Daily Mirror'',  Press Complaints Commission Report 73, April-June 2006, </ref> <ref> For the record, ''The Mirror'', 7 June 2006 </ref>
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 *Sir [[Graeme Lamb]]
 *[[Jonathan Newman]]
-*[[Nicholas Soames]]<ref>Aegis Defence Services Limited, Annual Return, Companies House, 23 April 2010.</ref> Chairman since 2010 to present
+*[[Nicholas Soames]]<ref>Aegis Defence Services Limited, Annual Return, Companies House, 23 April 2010.</ref> Chairman since 2010 to present.
 ===Shareholders in period up to to 26 March 2010===