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Whoa Mike ! Don't they always do that (and get away with it) ?

This is specifically the part that has always bothered me. Not that my meager existence as an Army NCO was boring, but that changing administrations often translated into new gun laws, higher...

I gotta get my on-line CV out of the Beltway Club soonest :o

Blackwater should be dropped as the main private security contractor for US diplomats in Iraq, a US State Department panel has recommended.


To echo JMM's last


Comes this !

One of the reasons I hated contracted duties that involved significant risk. This catch-all phrase is indicative of how most Embassy personnel view the contractor. State calls them "expats" or even...

Hey Bob,



Fully concur :D



Can't do much with your second para, but this one I have more than a decade of experience with. Goes back to my original post and comments. We all should be...

Interesting that. I did find another article (by no means the details that JMM has at his fingertips :cool:).

Law's unclear if U.S. can prosecute Blackwater guards

Bob,
Here's several links regarding the FBI's investigations since 2007. Looks like at least four trips to Baghdad to date.

You'll also note the case is being moved to D.C.

Regards, Stan

Bob, I fully concur, the rules currently in place have changed with such frequency and the contractors in question were in a position of self-preservation (in their opinion, which is the only one...

Hey Bob, Thanks for the intro!

This DOJ press release is pretty damning even if remotely accurate. A SAW and M203 :o, IMO exceeds proportionate use of force on civilians. The press rep makes it...

Hey Polarbear, Welcome to the Council ! As time permits you, please go here and introduce yourself. Helps us with where you're coming from.

I'm not very familiar with SGT Nazario's case. From the...

While this doesn't change anything, I gathered little from their young ages and junior rank, and, relatively little about their awards and decorations.

Their actions regardless of age, merits and...

By Chicago Tribune and The Associated Press, Tuesday, October 2, 2007



House Oversight Committee Report released Monday



More at both links...

Good Evening from the Baltics !



I won't pretend to know just who the principals are, nor just how senior they are and what they're doing in Iraq. I normally do not defend State on any level,...

Hey Jesse !
I'd go back to this recent post first, which should clear most of the controversy up.

The principal is probably not at all interested in being there, but should still be protecting in...

Sorry, but I don't get your point ?

Should BW personnel have sacrificed their principals in exchange for a more positive Iraqi public opinion ?

What do Snipers have to do with BW ? One is...

I'll but defend DIA, where most of the services lend out their soldiers, keep said soldiers in promotion limbo by placing them within 71L (administration for the uninitiated), and about the point...

Hey wierdbeard !
Here's MPRI's very comprehensive listing:

http://mpriweb.mpri.com/IIF/Jobs/jobsummary.html



Regards, Stan

Evening ZDFG !

It would appear (perhaps because I already do much the same under a DoS program) that PMC's remain attractively cheaper than their Active Duty counterparts, and for some time now...

I was picked up by DoS/PM/WRA (Weapons Removal and Abatement) years back to work under RONCO with Humanitarian Demining. They were adamant about required skills and especially military background....

Tom, a good pen, if I may say so.

You brought with you (10 years ago) a relatively simple and safe self-imposed ROE policy. We had no need to prove ourselves, we were more concerned with survival,...