Day: April 28, 2014

By Zia H Shah on April 28, 2014 ( Leave a comment )

ADIEU AEGIS: Mercenary firm pulls out of Basel over new law

Seven months after Swiss parliament voted to outlaw the provision of mercenaries by Swiss-based security firms, British security contractor Aegis, one of the world’s largest working in conflict zones, is pulling its holding company out of Basel. The company, which effectively transferred its headquarters from London to Basel in 2010, […]

By Zia H Shah on April 28, 2014 ( 1 Comment )

Brutal sectarian warfare has returned to Iraq

STORY SUMMARY by David Ignatius Iraq appears to be slipping back into civil war, and Sheikh Zaydan al-Jabiri, one of the political leaders of the Sunni insurgent group known as the Tribal Revolutionaries, seems confident that his side is winning. Make no mistake: Brutal sectarian war has come again to […]