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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 10:55 AM
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I have a saturday morning question. How many private contractors
do we have in Iraq and why no reports of their death's? You know they have to be getting killed too. Me thinks there is in the 10's of thousands there. Who knows? :shrug:
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 10:57 AM
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1. I keep wondering the same thing.
What is the size of the Merc Army?
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:01 AM
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4. That is what I want to know. And that is the reason the Iraqi
believe they can and will win this war of aggression. They are seeing the merc's as U S soldiers and a bunch of them are being killed same as the soldiers. We are only seeing a part of the casualties.
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:10 AM
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8. I want to know for a separate reason.
The Merc Army is outside of the command and control of the US Military. The US Military has a long history of obedience to constitutional authority. The Merc Army is obedient to whomever pays their wages. The MA is the force that will be used for the enforcement of the tyranny when it comes to that.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:13 AM
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11. You are so right, that's why the commanders can say with a straight
face we don't do torture etc.
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liberaliraqvet26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:00 AM
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2. There have been a lot of contractor deaths...
here is an "incomplete" list. Hallibuton and their buddies don't talk about it much
http://icasualties.org/oif/Civ.aspx

Help hunt Chickenhawks in '06...
http://www.iavapac.org
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:00 AM
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3. How much you wanna bet they make the families sign gag orders.
and waivers. and get crappy survivor benefits.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:03 AM
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5. I doubt they get any benifits at all except the 1000 bucks or so a day
pay.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:07 AM
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6. I mean after the merc dies.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:11 AM
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10. that's what I mean too.
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liberaliraqvet26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:07 AM
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7. it's not that high...
most make around 130K annually
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:10 AM
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9. I just pulled a bush* there, I pulled that number out of my ass like the
like the president is so fond of doing. feel pretty good too
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:32 AM
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12. I'd also like to see some reports on how much we're paying them . . .
both collectively and individually . . . and what we're getting for our money . . .
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:35 AM
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13. some accountability
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