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The California based Steele Foundation was founded in 1989 and currently has offices on five continents. On its website, it describes postwar Iraq as a &#39;vibrant marketplace&#39; for firms &#39;combating the security threats&#39;. <ref>The Steele Foundation [http://www.steelefoundation.com/indexiraq.php/ Providing Peace of Mind in IRAQ]</ref> The firm also provided security detail for former Haitian President [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. It was briefly embroiled in controversy when Aristide accused the firm of withdrawing its agents under U.S. government orders during his overthrow. <ref>David Adams [http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/28/Worldandnation/Aristide_s_last_days.shtml Aristide's Last Days], St. Petersburg Times, 28 February 2006.</ref>
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The California-based [[Steele Foundation]] was founded in 1989 and has offices on five continents. On its website, it describes postwar Iraq as a &#39;vibrant marketplace&#39; for firms &#39;combating the security threats&#39;. <ref>The Steele Foundation [http://www.steelefoundation.com/indexiraq.php/ Providing Peace of Mind in IRAQ]</ref> The firm also provided security detail for former Haitian President [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. It was briefly embroiled in controversy when Aristide accused the firm of withdrawing its agents under U.S. government orders during his overthrow. <ref>David Adams [http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/28/Worldandnation/Aristide_s_last_days.shtml Aristide's Last Days], St. Petersburg Times, 28 February 2006.</ref>
  
 
The firm hires from the ranks of former Special Forces, who can expect to receive between $10,000 and $20,000 a month. The firm employs around 500 agents in Iraq, about one-third Westerners and the rest Iraqis. <ref>David Barstow [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E4DA113BF93AA25757C0A9629C8B63 Security Companies: Shadow Soldiers in Iraq], The New York Times, 5 October 2007.</ref>
 
The firm hires from the ranks of former Special Forces, who can expect to receive between $10,000 and $20,000 a month. The firm employs around 500 agents in Iraq, about one-third Westerners and the rest Iraqis. <ref>David Barstow [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E4DA113BF93AA25757C0A9629C8B63 Security Companies: Shadow Soldiers in Iraq], The New York Times, 5 October 2007.</ref>
  
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[[Category:Security Industry]] [[Category:Iraq]]

Latest revision as of 12:34, 16 February 2016

The California-based Steele Foundation was founded in 1989 and has offices on five continents. On its website, it describes postwar Iraq as a 'vibrant marketplace' for firms 'combating the security threats'. [1] The firm also provided security detail for former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It was briefly embroiled in controversy when Aristide accused the firm of withdrawing its agents under U.S. government orders during his overthrow. [2]

The firm hires from the ranks of former Special Forces, who can expect to receive between $10,000 and $20,000 a month. The firm employs around 500 agents in Iraq, about one-third Westerners and the rest Iraqis. [3]

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  1. The Steele Foundation Providing Peace of Mind in IRAQ
  2. David Adams Aristide's Last Days, St. Petersburg Times, 28 February 2006.
  3. David Barstow Security Companies: Shadow Soldiers in Iraq, The New York Times, 5 October 2007.