writer 0 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z An army of thousands of mercenaries has appeared in Iraq's major cities, many of them former British and American soldiers hired by the occupying Anglo-American authorities and by dozens of companies who fear for the lives of their employees. Many of the armed Britons are former SAS soldiers and heavily armed South Africans are also working for the occup... Robert 44618 false false false false 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z Fisk 5256 8812 0 1 Coalition of the Mercenaries coalition-of-the-mercenaries-by-robert-fisk Coalition of the Mercenaries 2009-09-25T07:04:31Z 243