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Just say no to M*A*S*H
javaguru
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I know what it is, yet I can't help clicking the link!
Dammit
Dammit
Even Pick3? 
patsfan1379
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Interesting clip.
javaguru
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News today....
Private security guards shoot three Iraqi civilians
Guards from a private security company opened fire Thursday on a taxi that approached their convoy near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk wounding three civilians, including a woman journalist, police said.
"We didn't identify the name of the company that carried out the shooting but there is a joint (US-Iraqi) investigation," Torhan Yusuf, the acting police chief of Kirkuk, told AFP.
It was the third such incident in little over a month after guards from US firm Blackwater killed as many as 17 civilians in a shooting on September 16 and employees of an Australian-run company shot dead two women on October 9.
"I saw a convoy of three cars pass a taxi and one of the guards took his weapon and opened fire on the taxi," said police officer Hussain Rashid.
"I tried myself to stop the convoy but they didn't pay attention to me. They stopped about 300 metres from the scene, then they moved," he added.
The shooting happened at around 3:30 pm (1230 GMT) near the village of Qara Anjir, 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Kirkuk, an oil rich city in northern Iraq.
Yusuf said that two men were wounded as well as the woman journalist who worked for TV Zagros, the television station of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party.
According to witnesses, the wounded journalist tried to get out of the taxi at one point but one of the guards stopped her by pointing his gun in her direction. Two other passengers in the taxi were unharmed.
Since the September 16 incident with Blackwater, several investigations have been launched into the operations of private security contractors and the Iraqi government has drafted a law that would regulate their activities
Private security guards shoot three Iraqi civilians
Guards from a private security company opened fire Thursday on a taxi that approached their convoy near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk wounding three civilians, including a woman journalist, police said.
"We didn't identify the name of the company that carried out the shooting but there is a joint (US-Iraqi) investigation," Torhan Yusuf, the acting police chief of Kirkuk, told AFP.
It was the third such incident in little over a month after guards from US firm Blackwater killed as many as 17 civilians in a shooting on September 16 and employees of an Australian-run company shot dead two women on October 9.
"I saw a convoy of three cars pass a taxi and one of the guards took his weapon and opened fire on the taxi," said police officer Hussain Rashid.
"I tried myself to stop the convoy but they didn't pay attention to me. They stopped about 300 metres from the scene, then they moved," he added.
The shooting happened at around 3:30 pm (1230 GMT) near the village of Qara Anjir, 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Kirkuk, an oil rich city in northern Iraq.
Yusuf said that two men were wounded as well as the woman journalist who worked for TV Zagros, the television station of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party.
According to witnesses, the wounded journalist tried to get out of the taxi at one point but one of the guards stopped her by pointing his gun in her direction. Two other passengers in the taxi were unharmed.
Since the September 16 incident with Blackwater, several investigations have been launched into the operations of private security contractors and the Iraqi government has drafted a law that would regulate their activities
BNG
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What's wrong with mercs?
Your beloved country has been using mercs and conducting black ops for several generations. It now has been publicized because a company that has a "store front" and a face has gotten large enough to be recognized. Blackwater has trained huge numbers of civilian LE officers in techniques used by spec ops guys in CQB. They're getting a bad rap for doing exactly what they're paid to do.
Your beloved country has been using mercs and conducting black ops for several generations. It now has been publicized because a company that has a "store front" and a face has gotten large enough to be recognized. Blackwater has trained huge numbers of civilian LE officers in techniques used by spec ops guys in CQB. They're getting a bad rap for doing exactly what they're paid to do.
mountain muscle
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I have an unpopular opinion about Blackwater so I am not going to get into it here.
I am looking forward to doing some training there and seeing if I can get accepted into their sniper courses.
I am looking forward to doing some training there and seeing if I can get accepted into their sniper courses.
redsamurai
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mountain muscle said:
you would accept being part of an organization that is exempt from the UCMJ?
gotmilk
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WODIN said:
They do a great job in Afghanistan. There were 20 of them guarding my Dad's FOB when they had no backup in case of ambush. They get stuck in some pretty crazy situations with no ability to call in help. When I went to my Dad's base, I had three Blackwater guys in my B-Hut...all three were former Navy SEALS who wanted back into the fight but were too old to re-enlist in the SEALS..
FUCK I love this picture
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/03/23/navyseals4_wideweb__430x322.jpg
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