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Bravo411 (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:37 PM Original message |
Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. why is it nec. to have this type of guards in NO? |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It isn't. They are Dick Cheney's business buddies, no doubt. |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 07:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. sort of like the faceless yet heavily armed thugs outside.. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. Who are they going to shoot, NYPD. Firefighters, they'e time has |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Unless we look on the bright side. Think of all the shit, bio-decay, |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
91. VICE EMPEROR BREMER -WAR CRIMINAL & PROCONSUL TO CHENEY |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Not buddies. They are Dich Cheney's elite Palace Guard. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly... |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Did'nt our goverment |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 09:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. It's a practice run for the next level of rightwing dictatorship. eom |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I believe it.There's no logical excuse for using these monsters. n/t |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh this is just great. Coming soon to a city near you, too. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is the National Guards responsiblity |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They are starting to come home now. Most of them don't have |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. That is one of the saddest pics I have seen in the last few days |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. Wow |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
67. That is heartbreaking |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. And we need these people... why? We still have National Guard. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. seems like there is a question as to who authoritzed this group. see here |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. So.... There's STILL nobody driving this bus. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Which Dept of Homeland Security? Federal or Louisiana? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. "Lethal force" without Torte Reform limitations. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Privatized disaster = Profit$ |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Did someone say "Brownshirts"? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. I did not say, but I was thinking it. (nt) |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. "Blackshirts"....I forget but I believe the SS in Germany had the Black |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 10:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. SS had black shirts & skulls on their hats. Their predecessors |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. What about the Gestapo? I just remembered them too... |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
84. Gestapo = secret police. Blackshirts = Italian Fascists. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Thanks for the info AuntJen! Yes, I now remember a lot of those details |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. :: hugs :: to you |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 02:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
66. That's exactly what they are. nt. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. This article says companies hired them, not state or fed government |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. but later it says the feds and gov. of LA hired them. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So why the contradiction? Shame on the WaPo |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. they obviously do not follow-points your guns down, this is not Irag -from |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
55. Article says they are being "deputized"... |
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neohippie (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. just another government handout to one of their favorite corps. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Can you say "lucrative no-bid contracts"? |
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belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
79. Is there really a difference at this point?... |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. "We are a turnkey solution provider for 4th generation warfare." (website) |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. and can design and build facilities both domestically and in austere envir |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. It means that war is peace. nt. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. But only after the army went in Friday and made it safe. |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. These people are THE LOWEST SCUM OF THE EARTH! |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
93. Killers for hire |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. hmm why do I think I am readying a bad |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wonder how the Freepers and Bushbots will like having Mercs |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. the Blackwater Mercenaries are probably recruited from the FR. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. They don't think they'll take THEIR guns away. Idiots. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thugs |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. As we continue heading back to the 1590s |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. Isn't that old news? |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Remember some of the early pics |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Deleted message |
sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Falluja (Blackwater Mercenaries) |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
92. DANGER DANGER graphic photo of MERCENARY BARBECUE |
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buzzsaw_23 (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Army Times Headline-"Troops Begin Combat Operations in New Orleans" |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Well, that explains the Karen Hughes piece, making it sound like |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. “This place is going to look like Little Somalia,” Brig. Gen. Gary Jones |
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crimnos (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. My Tinfoil Meter is Off the Scale |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 06:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Yes, you are right. I have been saying this to people for over two years. |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
75. Who "accidentally" shot the "contractors" or was it "policeman" |
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Cookie wookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. It does look like we are becoming a police state |
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onecent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. Stuff like this scares me, what can WE do to help solve this crap? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Flood it with direct sunlight - |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
42. Blackwater are PIGS. |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. AmericaBlog and Will Pitt at Truthout.org |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Yes, I agree. She wouldn't have done that. These are Rummie's pet |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. Death squads in America. What have we come to? |
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Freedomfried (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. GOOON SQUADS! |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
57. for the love of fuck, why!? may they get cholera and die. |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
58. On another thread, I posted |
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passy (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. I was thinking the same thing.. |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
76. CNN is reporting that the greatest threat to NO now is friendly |
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belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #58 |
80. Dunno the reference, but turn of 20th century sounds about right, since |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-10-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. This must be OPPOSED. They are violent thugs paid exorbitant fees out of |
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Bravo411 (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
63. "Do we have enough National Guard troops? Of course, we do." |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
64. blackwater are pieces of shit |
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halsaxby (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
70. Blakwater is SS in the making. |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I agree..n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
71. i know a couple of blackwater guys.... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I would scrub toilets before I took up arms against my countrymen. |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. It's the corporation that has a odorous reputation |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. They are still paid mercenaries! |
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belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Terrific. Temp troopers. |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Temp Troopers indeed.... |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. I hear that some citizens have hired |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 08:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. its true -- the actual temp hires are just security guards w auto weapons |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-05 02:59 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Aww ... they're just cuddly-wuddlies are they? |
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buzzsaw_23 (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
74. Kinda Looks and feels like an occupation to me |
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belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-11-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. It looks like frigging South Africa. About twenty years ago, too. |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
83. Did the US pay Blackwater in Iraq Employees Cash? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
88. Its OK! They are down there to save pussy cats and puppy dogs |
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FyurFly (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. LOL n/t |
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