There are 2 paths to PSC success…use both
Feb 8, 2009 Commentary, Jake's Posts
By Jake Allen
In a recent post titled Hey PMCs: Stop blaming “the media” I tried to make the point that the very definition of the media is changing in front of our eyes. The traditional boundaries to publication, syndication and broadcasting are becoming less and less clear and increasingly more open to anyone. As such private security firms can seize that opportunity to play an active and productive role in how the outside world perceives us. In short, it’s a chance to improve our image.
The responses I received ranged from encouraging to alarming. The majority of you were supportive and in agreement that we need to increase our level communication help educate others in the media and in turn the public as to what we do and why we are doing it.
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Afghan blast kills two US contractors
Feb 8, 2009 Afghanistan
AFP - 8 January 2009
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A bomb killed four people, including two US nationals, in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand Sunday, a police commander said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban.
The explosion was in the dangerous Nad Ali district, one of Afghanistan’s main opium-growing areas, where Taliban insurgents are said to earn money by protecting the lucrative crop from US-backed efforts to eliminate it.
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