Blackwater: America’s (Deadly) Secret Mercenary Army

Islamdaily ^ | 6/3/07 | Dr. Mohamed Elmasry

[reg45]

I’m surprised not to find California and Massachusetts on that list.

[Don Corleone]

NO! Really? Nothing gets by you does it Godfather

Not since Sonny ran off with the car....

[elhombrelibre]

Oh yeah, it’s a huge story in fact and well ignored by the MSM, who bend over backwards for every real or imagined slight to Islam.

[socoastie]

Be careful. We will be fighting them in the streets. They DO NOT have to honor the constitution, nor the bill of rights. They need NO declaration of martial law. They are ALL trained killers, the best we had, now working for the highest bidder. They will mow down any national guard troops or state militia.

[databoss]

Absolutely, hell pay them by the head count and save the army for full scale offensives....

[databoss]

did the cable guy have on a tin foil hat?

[eleni121]

I wish it were true-—we are going to need more than this “organization” to decide the fate of freedom because this ideology is even worse than Marxism.

[jude24]

This is an interesting idea. Kinda like letters of marque and reprisal.

I don't like the idea that these guys are immune from war crimes prosecution (if this is indeed true!), other than that, I like the idea a lot.

[advance_copy]

More evil still is the fact that Blackwater USA is run by a multimillionaire Christian fundamentalist who has also bankrolled President Bush’s election campaigns.

Ooooooo... scaaary.... Do you hear that liberals? You'd better stop complaining and get yourself into the MANDATORY Bible class or mean ole Dubya will send Blackwater after you.

[Christopher Lincoln]

Jeremy Scahill’s just-published 450-page "Blackwater" (2007) uncovers a story of deception and intrigue whose moral is that some of America’s richest and most powerful have no respect for human lives.

Take it from a man who knows something about not respecting human lives.

[Plains Drifter]

Go to Blackwater.com on your computer and there is another outfit out there that does the same line of work. It’s called Khaki.org or go to your local news stand and get a copy of Soldier of Fortune magazine. Better still, Google mercenaries. These organizations have been around for years.

[Plains Drifter]

CBS News was hiring these types of individuals during the Los Angeles riots to protect their news crews. CBS News and others were in San Diego looking for ex Navy seals and were reportedly willing to pay $1,000 per day for bodyguards to protect the news crews.

[ASOC]

This stuff has been going on since Day 1.

Of more recent history one can remember the exploits of : Mad Mike in the Congo

or the Département Protection Sécurité (Greenpeace anyone?)

And even the US Army War College Lists these:

A 1997 study by the private Center for Defense Information lists dozens of such organizations with international operations. South Africa has been the leading home of international security companies, including

Executive Outcomes,

Combat Force,

Investments Surveys,

Honey Badger Arms and Ammunition,

Shield Security,

Kas Enterprises,

Saracen International, and

Longreach Security.

International military firms based in other parts of the world include:

Alpha Five,

Corporate Trading International,

Omega Support Ltd.,

Parasec Strategic Concept,

Jardine Securicor Gurkha Services (Hong Kong),

Gurkha Security Guards (Isle of Man, UK), [my son has worked along side of these guys, quite good]

Special Project Service Ltd. (UK),

Defence Systems Ltd. (UK),

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),

Vinnell Corporation (US), and

Military Professional Resources Inc. (US).[2]

Executive Outcomes (South Africa) has been described as "the world's first fully equipped corporate army."[3]

Nothing new, evil or demonic - solid 'play for pay' work - some technical (SAIC? as mercs? pffft) others somewhat more deadly.

[Riptides]

Where can I send my donation to Blackwater?

[Lancey Howard]

YOW! I sure hope this is all true.

[dr_who_2]

Don’t fret Mohammed baby... you fund ‘em, we’ll cap ‘em.

[grey_whiskers]

Two questions:

1. Has this made DU yet?

2. Normally the Al-Qaeda / Al-Jazeera talking points seem to come straight from the DNC. But I haven't heard this from the Dems yet. Wazzup with that?

Cheers!

[omega4179]

Muzzie war criminals HATE IT when people fight by their rules.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

One thing that this clown forgot to mention is that Blackwater has proposed to go to Darfur and stop the Genocide but the bedwetters at the UN don’t want them there. But Blackwater is evil....

The answer to a lot of these tinpot dictatorships are mercs...

It helped in places like Sierra Leone (Executive Outcomes) and the Congo (Mike Hoare). It can work again...

[peggybac]

These guys best stop their conspiracy theories. They’re displaying Bush’s superior intelligence. Dumb or smart - liberals, make up your damn minds. I’m getting dizzy!