Western intelligence sources have suggested the training could be carried out by US-based private security contractors.
An estimated 25, 000 private security contractors protect diplomats, reconstruction workers and government officials there.
From the reports, it is clear that a pervasive lack of oversight existed over private security contractors.
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That order granted private security contractors immunity from prosecution in Iraq but made them subject to the law of their "sending state".
And, in his experience, he says, there are many private security contractors still working in the field who are failing to get the help they need.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered an overhaul Friday of U.S. Embassy security practices in Iraq, tightening government oversight of diplomatic convoys escorted by private security contractors.
In response to the report, Doug Brooks, the president of a body that represents private security contractors, said contractors in the field faced hard choices regarding whom to employ.
On Tuesday, Zebari said progress was made in one aspect of the deal: Private security contractors working in Iraq would no longer receive immunity from prosecution in that country.
Earlier Wednesday, four American private security contractors were killed when their vehicle, part of a U.S. diplomatic convoy, struck a roadside bomb in southern Basra, a western official in Baghdad told CNN.
It's easy to imagine private security contractors shooing away anyone disturbing their clients' peace and quiet, but equally likely there will be a security breach and looting of such a flamboyant enclave.
The problem, according to the Department of Justice, is that KBR did not obtain proper authorization for arming subcontractors, and the private security contractors it used were not registered with the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior.
One Western diplomat told me that bribes paid to Taliban commanders by private security contractors, along with the other ways that the Taliban extort Western money, from aid projects to military bases, are themselves enough to finance a robust insurgency.
He points to the incident involving Danny Fitzsimons - who shot dead Scottish security contractor Paul McGuigan and another colleague in Iraq in 2009 while suffering from PTSD - as evidence that the condition is a very real risk factor for those working as private security contractors.
But the Baghdad incident exacerbated the feelings of many Iraqis that private American security contractors have operated since 2003 with little regard for Iraqi law or life.
The Baghdad incident, which occurred September 16, 2007, exacerbated the feelings of many Iraqis that private American security contractors have operated since 2003 with little regard for Iraqi law or life.
The Pentagon employs about 163 contractors in Iraq, plus several thousand more "private security detail" contractors who protect U.S. diplomats and Iraqi officials.
"Private contractors are not happy about this, " says a source familiar with information security executives at contractors Northrup Grumman and Boeing.
But the scheme adds to doubts over the role of private-security firms in the war and efforts to hold contractors accountable.
The man who founded the private security firm Blackwater USA defended his company yesterday, saying his armed contractors are not cowboys, reckless in Iraq.
In addition to a growing defense budget and a trend toward outsourcing to private contractors, SAIC has benefited from deep ties to the intelligence and national-security community.
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