British security personnel killed by car bomb in Iraq (mercs)

[leftchick]

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=8142005

THREE Britons were killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad yesterday, as militants launched a series of attacks across Iraq.

Two of the dead British men worked for the United States-based international security consultants Kroll Inc. They died alongside another British man and a US citizen, described by Kroll as "clients" of the firm.

The consultants mostly employ former members of the security services, including the SAS and other elite units.

The Britons were killed as a car bomb exploded at a US-manned checkpoint to the Green Zone, the heavily fortified area that houses the US embassy and Iraqi government offices in Baghdad.

[librarycard]

1. Bush's disastrous foreign policy is to the point of being almost

comical, especially when the media continues to downplay, daily, Bush's failures.

[saigon68]

2. Mercs bite the DUST

Haven't seen that for a while.

[leftchick]

3. good morning saigon!

happy new year!

Same old shit though. The mercs have beed dying at a quite regular pace in the last two months or so. In a different incident, here are photos of the SUV the "bodyguards" were in while (irony alert) protecting the Baghdad Governor assasinated today. What a swell job!





Iraqis gather near the bullet riddled vehicle that was carrying some of the bodyguards of the governor of the Baghdad province, Ali al-Haidari in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Hurriyah, Tuesday Jan. 4, 2005. Al-Haidari and six of his bodyguards were killed when gunmen attacked their three-vehicle convoy Tuesday. Al-Haidari was travelling in his armored BMW, which was removed from the scene of the attack before photographer arrived. (AP Photo/Mohammed

[saigon68]

6. Its too bad our tax money pays for these Hoodlums and Killers

They are criminals who belong in a nasty prison like Abu Ghraib.

[theHandpuppet]

4. A profile of Kroll, Inc

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/52/52243.html

[leftchick]

5. fancy words for "Hired Killers"...

~snip~

Kroll could tell you what it does, but then, of course, it would have to charge you. The company is made up of four units: Background Screening (pre-employment background checking, drug testing, and surveillance services), Consulting Services (threat assessment, risk management, executive protection, intelligence services, litigation support, and fraud investigations), Corporate Advisory & Restructuring (financial services, operational turnaround, and financial crisis management), and Technology Services (computer forensics and data recovery). The company provides its services through 64 offices in 19 countries worldwide. Marsh & McLennan has acquired Kroll for about $1.9 billion.