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Hired gunmen protect VIPs in Afghanistan
Globe and Mail ^ | October 22, 2007 | PAUL KORING

Posted on 10/22/2007 12:37:20 PM PDT by canadianally

Ottawa officials tight-lipped about deal with Saladin Security, a British firm with long history of secretive operations ...

(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: afghniastan; canada; security
Comments are open on this article that exposes another security firm as "gun-toting" mercenaries.
1 posted on 10/22/2007 12:37:23 PM PDT by canadianally
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To: canadianally

“Department of Foreign Affairs officials in Ottawa are tight-lipped about the deal struck with Saladin, whose gun-toting employees provide perimeter security, operate checkpoints, serve as bodyguards and form a heavily armed rapid-reaction force designed to move quickly to thwart an attempted kidnapping and rescue survivors of suicide attacks or car-bombings in Kabul.”

Can’t have that.

;)


2 posted on 10/22/2007 12:50:40 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: nmh

Brits have the right idea about these things.

Thoroughly professional, ruthless and tightlipped.


3 posted on 10/22/2007 12:58:23 PM PDT by rahbert
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To: rahbert

ABSOLUTELY!

We need to get our act together in the U.S..

We should parachute some liberals on the terrorist and give them some video business.


4 posted on 10/22/2007 1:07:36 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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