Privatizing the Occupation: Mercenaries and NGO's By YVES ENGLER http://www.counterpunch.org/engler08262010.html

Market extremists argue that the private sector can do almost everything better than governments...The growth of private security companies...is generally seen as a result of the success of extreme market arguments...Less commented upon is a parallel growth of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in health-care, education and social services development...that [were] once provided by public institutions.