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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:45 AM Original message |
After many denials, US Army confirms private security contract in Iraq |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. K & R |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Can't meet those military recruitment goals? Just hire mercenaries. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. " ... Some elite personnel make $33,000 a month ..." |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Some make $2,000.00 to $3,000.00 a day |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No worries about the UCMJ or those pesky Geneva Conventions |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Wasn't a law passed last year to bring contractors under the UCMJ? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I missed that, Hoot. Shoot me a link if you run across it again. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Found it in the WaPo... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Very interesting. Makes a bad thing worse, IMO. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Of course the answer is to outlaw Mercs... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. And if you can't hire mercenaries, hire Mexicans. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. lots of backroom dealing going on |
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sydny1039 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. War is a racket. This is one of the reasons the neocons wanted war with Iraq. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
8. NB: These are the people scheduled to get $$$$ from |
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Punkingal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. There was an article in my small hometown paper.... |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. But he's a hero! He killed them I-rack-is! |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Well, it's nice to see it coming out... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. We wasted an entire Iraqi city |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. Lies and deciet ----time and time again. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. and then what? If it was an 'illegal' contract - then what? |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. They're just now admitting it? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Agree....we've all know this for two years and there have been many articles |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's like we're in an abusive relationship |
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Kaotac (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Someone should email O'Reilly |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. Don't they realize more and more people are understanding the Busheviks lie |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Our government is so damn dirty. |
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annm4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Any one watching CSPAN on the Blackwater deaths? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Here's my problem with this whole issue. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It's unbelievable, isn't it? |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. And even more appalling -- |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:24 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. They've been able to get away with it, because they always controlled |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. DEMOCRACYNOW.ORG did a GREAT segment on Blackwater |
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Laurab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm so happy the media is picking up on this stuff |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. The war budget is PAYING these crooks. |
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