(Sunday Times-UK) Larry Derfner - Private security guards have become Israel's new army. Growing in number to about 45,000, they are now a fixture of daily life - eyeballing, scanning, and searching people at shopping centers, supermarkets, restaurants, and schools. Putting their bodies between terrorists and their targets, they have been affectionately dubbed "the bulletproof vest of the nation." But six have been killed and four seriously wounded in terrorist attacks over the past three years.
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