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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 04:56 PM
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Mercenaries in Iraq
Why the heck is this not mentioned more?
I have read that there are well over 20,000 hired corporate gunslingers in Iraq.
I also have heard they get in the way and foil many of our soldiers and intelligence missions. Take the charred body hangings in Fallujah for example.

Our tax dollars are being wasted on these fools and the media remains silent.

Anyone have some good links for this untold story?
Didn't Frontline do a piece on this recently?
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 05:15 PM
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1. Frontline Program "Private Warriors" can be viewed at this link (stream):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/view/
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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 05:16 PM
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2. Thanks!!!
:toast:
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 05:17 PM
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3. Gotta spend them billions on someone..... doncha know.....
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 05:23 PM
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4. Any updates on the Mercs that...
were detained by the Marines? Some of those Mercs complained that they were being treated brutaly just like the Iraqi Insurgency were being treated.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-05 05:45 PM
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5. I haven't heard anything.... nada zip.... I guess it may irk someone who
must work with a person who doesn't know the rules of engagement and is being paid 20 or thirty times what you are....
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