David Miliband, the foreign secretary,…faces a legal challenge over the government's failure to introduce a law to regulate private military and security companies. The move, by lawyers acting for the charity War on Want, follows a…number of reports of human rights abuse by employees of foreign companies in Iraq and Afghanistan…War on Want is calling for legislation including a ban on employees of the companies…in combat roles. Employees in a number of UK-based companies, including Aegis, ArmorGroup, and Erinys, have engaged in gunfights in Iraq…The companies say they do not mind legislation so long as it allows them to regulate themselves… Andy Bearpark, director general of the British Association of Private Security Companies, [said] “we welcome government regulation but with self-regulation as part of the overall approach." [also refers to Blackwater]