dobbs/cnn: segment on "hired guns"

[AussieInCA]

on now

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1. I think I mentioned this before, and Michael Moore agrees...

They spin it like these guys are plumbers, or electricians...They're Killers! They're thugs, soldiers of fortune...

I don't feel sorry for those bastards.

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5. Rifkind made head of Iraq security firm

Rifkind made head of Iraq security firm


Today it was revealed that had become the chairman of AmorGroup, which has 650 employees in Iraq, as well as significant numbers in Afghanistan.

Sir Malcolm will be part-time and based in London. The US-owned company is not disclosing what his salary will be.

According to its website, ArmorGroup has 7,500 employees in 50 locations. It says its work is to " identify, reduce and resolve exceptional risks in complex, sometimes hostile, environments".

A fortnight ago, four American private security personnel employed by another US firm, Blackwater Security Consulting, were killed and their bodies desecrated in Falluja.

It is thought up to 10,000 "security consultants" - who critics say would be more accurately described as mercenaries - are working in Iraq, on salaries at anything between £600 and £3,000 a day.


http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1190968,00.html




ArmorGroup provides single source solutions to identify,
reduce and resolve exceptional risks in complex, sometimes hostile, environments. To achieve this we have in excess of 7,500 employees in approximately 50 global locations.Global reach is what distinguishes ArmorGroup – we have people where they are needed most.

http://www.armorgroup.com /

Security Companies Doing Business in Iraq

http://travel.state.gov/iraq_securitycompanies.html

[AussieInCA]

2. dobbs opened, 15k doing security

[AussieInCA]

3. lol, dobbs whats the problem with the US military doing this

General..ah ah ah

no answer

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4. General says

PMC's can not be depended on to go to the battle field. They can not be ordered to!

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6. So what was the conclusion? n/t