Private security operator Karl Moore (right) watches a US Marine search a local shepherd on the notoriously dangerous road between the military outpost Camp Wolf and Al Asad air base in north western Iraq on November 2, 2006. The incident took place while a convoy escorted by the British company ArmorGroup was stopped by improvised explosive devices. The coalition forces and civilian administration in Iraq depend heavily on the controversial presence of thousands of private security personnel in their reconstruction efforts and military operations.