Oct 14, 2004

LONDON [MENL] -- Foreign military contractors in Iraq have been hiring arange of former soldiers from Middle East militaries.

Aug 31, 2005

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Western security guards, many of them from British andU.S. special forces, earn up to $33,000 a month for their services in Iraq, but encounter dailyattacks from Sunni insurgents and accidental fire from U.S. military forces.

Jun 08, 2006

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Qatar has sought to quell unrest by thousands of Araband Asian laborers.

Mar 17, 2009

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The United Nations has conducted a military exercise meant
to counter insurgency strikes near the Israeli-Lebanese border.