dinsdag 10 januari 2006

Huurlingen in Irak 2

Dit is een Westerse huurling die in Irak vecht. Onnesha Roychoudhuri van AlterNet schrijft: 'Who's Fighting Our Wars? A new documentary explores the role of the modern-day 'mercenaries' waging the war in Iraq for private companies like Blackwater. During the first Gulf War, there was one private military contract (PMC) employee for every 100 soldiers. In today's Iraq war, that ratio has risen dramatically to one PMC for every 10 soldiers. It's figures like this that make Nick Bicanic's new documentary, "Shadow Company," such an eye-opener. Nation-states are paying private companies to provide armed civilians, in lieu of soldiers, on an unprecedented scale. Yet, aside from a handful of allegations about contract workers firing on innocent civilians, little is known about PMCs.' Lees verder:
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/30462/ Of: http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/2702 Hier kunt u zien hoe deze particuliere moordenaars van het Britse bedrijf Aegis Defence Services volstrekt willekeurige Irakese burgers beschieten: http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm Of: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/112805A.shtml De website van Aegis is: http://www.aegisworld.com/index.lasso

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