Mercenaries

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

ALTHOUGH the media repeatedly refers to the men killed in the recent
attack in Iraq as 'civilian contractors' they were in fact mercenaries
used as part of the US government's outsourcing of jobs too messy, too
dull, or too questionable to be carried out by standard troops for whom
the president and his aides might be held responsible. These firms
include Blackwater, the one involved in the recent incident as well as
Dyncorp and the Steele Foundation. The Steele Foundation, the third
largest supplier of mercenaries, has 500 troops in Iraq and recently
distinguished itself by - depending on who's telling the story - failing
to protect Haitian president Aristide from kidnapping by the U.S.
government or participating in the act.

full: http://prorev.com/

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