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| − | '''Global Risk Strategies''' is a London based firm founded by [[Damien Perl]], a former marine, and [[Charlie Andrews]], a former [[Scots Guard]] officer. With a modest beginning ferrying NGO employees and media personnel to and from Afghanistan the company soon expanded its operations to renting out secure compounds in Kabul. The US authorities also gave it a contract to distribute new currency in Afghanistan and in Iraq.
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| − | Through its senior analyst [[Tamara Makarenko]] the firm also has links to the [[Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence]] at [[St Andrews University]], a right wing think-tank that provides highly ideological definitions and remedies for terrorism. According to Makarenko, civil liberties are something that one would cherish, only 'if you are a suspect with something to hide.'
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| − | The firm was amongst four whose payments were withheld by the new Iraqi government due to the lack of procedure and paperwork followed by the CPA in awarding these contracts. The companies were also accused of overcharging and of failing to deliver on their obligations. The US State Department subsequently intervened on their behalf.
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| − | --[[User:Idrees|Idrees]] 16:52, 17 Nov 2005 (GMT)
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