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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:03 PM Original message |
Horrible! - Blackwater Inc. helicopter shot down outside Bagdhad!! |
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Goldmund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's a link |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. ...'actually it is "fun" to shoot some people.' |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #60 |
75. I asked my neighbor who just returned from Iraq as part of |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes it is horrible. |
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tinonedown (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Yea, we know that already. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't that the same company that the contractors |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That's right. |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. But........we had elections......... |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mercs and a couple Bulgarians onboard. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. We are headed toward jobs fascism in this country. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. I believe they prefer to be called, "soldiers of fortune". |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #46 |
76. Yes and ANY one of them would shoot you or me for a paycheck. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. My local ABC affiliate just had a story on the |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Friendly fire? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Mercenaries are just a bit below cockroaches as life forms. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You do understand that blackwater mercs |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Well, you must really admire mafia hitmen - if they're American of course. |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Mercenaries are useless, faithless and disunited |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Oh SWEET |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Right on! n/t |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
68. ah, I can hear that lovely Welsh sneer just by reading that! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I'd agree with you, |
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SlowDownFast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. No excuse. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
57. The guy I was thinking about was a truck driver. |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Heres a chilling thought. |
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cajones_II (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. They don't need to |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Domestic violence in Fayetteville (military town) has skyrocketed! |
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Zinfandel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Serves the Blackwater terrorist right! These fucking asshole American |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. It's the US Government,not the low end hired guns that are to blame |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
48. The guilt of the government does not exaunerate the soldiers. EOM |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. they must feel TERRIBLE to be earning six figures a year |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh well..... |
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leetrisck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Friends, family members, Americans, veterans |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You posted: Friends, family members, Americans, veterans |
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leetrisck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I definitely know what I'm talking about |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. They're private militia - killers for hire. |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. mercs, they all go for one of two things |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. wasn't it a senior guy from this firm |
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TexasUnderground (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. No, it was a marine general |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. Link to Blackwater CEO "shoot for fun" memo. |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Thanx |
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Stirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. And they all went *into* the same line of work. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. Nazis came from all walks of life |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. So much for that retaliation Paul Bremer promised us, huh? |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well, I don't care if they were mercenaries...the mercs have been killing |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. more mercenaries dead? |
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SlowDownFast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. So sad. Not. |
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wookie294 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. Video aftermath shows one mercenary survived the crash |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good. Fuck em. Live by the sword, go down in a Russian helo |
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Monty25 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Look at how the islamic warriors |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Sort of like how the brave American GI dispatched the |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Shhh...don't bring that up |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I saw the video |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Who started this war? |
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Monty25 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. technically.. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. None of whom had jackshit to do with Iraq n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Technically, one needs to look closely at Thomas Barnett |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. And have we caught OBL yet? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Dupe |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. The DEAL is very different for Resistance Fighters ... |
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Goathead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. Do we have to say Blackwater? Let's just call it what it is: C.I.A. |
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Monty25 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 11:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Damn Americans |
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DulceDecorum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Blackwater's CEO told his men to "shoot for fun." |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Damn Iraqis. |
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Monty25 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Of course! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Yes, lets equate some atrocities |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. You spoke very well, but l just want to add to our guest's edification: |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. When are you signing up Chickenhawk? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #53 |
78. Why are you here? |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm having a tough time feeling sorry for them |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-05 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. But... the queers can't be married in Kansas |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
56. 11 die as Iraqi rebels shoot down helicopter |
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eek MD (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
70. The loss of anyone's life is a tragic thing..... |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
72. Yes, what a shame |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
74. I wonder... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
77. Well, maybe they should get the hell out of Iraq? Too much money to steal |
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