Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 21

23-May-2011

UAE

UAE Hires Private Security Contractor

The UAE has hired a company run by Erik Prince, founder of security firm Blackwater Worldwide, a private security contractor with major operations in Iraq, to provide operational, planning and training support to its military. General Jum'a 'Ali Khalaf al-Hamiris statement, confirming the hiring was published by the state-owned news agency WAM on 15 May. He did not, however, respond to a New York...