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  • ProRev: U.S. Hiring Mercenaries for Iraq

    04/02/2004 4:54:03 PM PST · by dts32041 · 79 replies · 2,761+ views
    News Max Progressive Reviwe ^ | 02 APR 04 | Carl Limbacher
    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 U.S. government's outsourcing of jobs, reports the Progressive Review. Firms overseeing the specialized contractors 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...