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IkeWarnedUs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:33 PM Original message |
CBS covering contractors killed in Fallujah |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. "They deserved it" in 5...4....3...2...1... |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They deserve it. Profitting form war earns you what you get |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Bullshit. They were security guards working to deliver food. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Apparently, they were not well received nonetheless |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Lynch mob: Hey, let's kill a random American! |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Can you please answer this for me? |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. You got it - |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I thought it was widely reported that they also |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Answer |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. So their website, which would never be self serving |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Ya better get ready because |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. At least one of these "security guards"... |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. When you retire from the military. |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. So? Almost all contractors in Iraq carry an ID from the DoD. |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Dude, you might as well just give it up. |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Excellent post! You, my friend, are an excellent satirist. |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Thanks. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. They weren't desk jockeys: major news stations calling them MERCENARIES |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. No one deserves a death like that. The blame lays firmly on the Bush admin |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Didn't the founding fathers of this country have an intense hatred |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Deleted message |
nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Yeah right..of course they are going to admit they are CIA |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. If they wanted to deny they're CIA, why use an anonymous source? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. The CIA never officially comments on anyone |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. Deleted message |
bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. see Mother Jones article on this company and others |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Link? |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. here ya go |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Thanks. Much obliged (nt). |
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IkeWarnedUs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. Not your typical "security guards" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Deleted message |
JaySherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. Can we stop calling them 'contractors?' |
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nostamj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. really? well CNN called them MERCENARIES |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. and CNNI also reported that the US will "retaliate" |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I'll wager on that one |
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IkeWarnedUs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Hey, that strategy is working so well in Israel |
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IkeWarnedUs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. called them "special" citizens |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. One of the 'special' things about them is that they have no oversight |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The oversight is by the Coalition Provisional Authority (nt). |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Pentagon has 'no idea' how many there are |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. There is a jurisdictional vacuum |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. My hat's off to NBC4 in Washington, DC... |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. So? |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. That's the second time you've gotten snarky with me... |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. A typical non-response. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. And what was YOUR response... |
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Insider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. DoD contractors carry DoD contractor IDs |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. Soldiers Of Fortune |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. "Life sucks when Karma kicks in"? WTF? Tell me you're joking, please. |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. perhaps the hangup is more w. the company and the concept.. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I don't think anyone thinks it's something to cheer |
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leanings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Perhaps very little actual cheering. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Have YOU read the article linked above? |
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rfkrocks (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. I agree with you |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. When one enters |
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BabsSong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. CBS also said that we pay approximately 100 billion a year from |
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ROC (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
57. These people are contractors |
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