Three British civilians were killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad yesterday....

"A vehicle carrying the victims and an American who also died was destroyed by a bomb blast at a checkpoint manned by US troops. The vehicle belonged to the US risk assessment company Kroll Inc. A spokesman for the company said: “It was a suicide attack on a convoy involved in routine personnel movement. Two of [those killed] were working for us and two were working for a client. Our employees were British and working as security professionals."

HA! 'risk assessment' - nice meaningless name. Kroll Associates, Inc. subsiduary Armor manufactures police and other "non-lethal" equipment used around the world along with being a leading maker of armored passenger vehicles (Hummer or Hum-V) and the prime contractor to the U.S. military for the supply of armoring and blast protection for high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles. Its London-based subsidiary, Defense Systems Ltd., guards industrial and other sensitive sites, such as embassies and the headquarters of international organizations.

Other media reports refered to Kroll as a security company. Well thats closer to the truth. Kroll is a 'defence' company (read arms dealers) and a supplier of 'security' read mercenaries. Apparently UK mercenary/security firms alone are making nearly $2billion out of the occupation. Average pay is $550 a day and they get decent equipment unlike the canon fodder in the governmental forces.

Anway, the day saw another 17 Iraqi police and National Guards killed by the resistance.
Three explosions rocked Baghdad, including a car bomb which exploded close to a four-wheel-drive vehicle of the type used by foreign security contractors (read mercenarys) and leading Iraq officials.

So, pretty well targetted stuff. Funny how the mainstream don't bother to dig even a tiny bit deeper than the press releases.