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**TheBestCheapestOEM** · 01-28-2007, 05:18 PM

So about Bush's new civilian corps....why do we need more civilians in Iraq?
We have 100,000 now.

Their deaths are not counted.
They cost us taxpayers up to $2,000 a day for the hired guns.
They don't follow military law, US law, or Iraqi law

Oh is that why?

Democracy Now! | Blackwater Down: Fresh From Iraq, Private Security Forces Roam the Streets of an American City With Impunity

Our mercenaries in Iraq - Los Angeles Times

Here is what the military thinks about the civilian hired guns in Iraq.

The current business boom is in Iraq. Blackwater charges its clients $1,500 to $2,000 a day for each hired gun. Most security contractors, like Blackwater's teams, live a comfortable if exhausting existence in Baghdad, staying at the Sheraton or Palestine hotels, which are not plush but at least have running water. Locals often mistake the guards for special forces or CIA personnel, which makes active-duty military troops a bit edgy. "Those Blackwater guys," says an intelligence officer in Iraq, "they drive around wearing Oakley sunglasses and pointing their guns out of car windows. They have pointed their guns at me, and it pissed me off. Imagine what a guy in Fallujah thinks." Adds an Army officer who just returned from Baghdad, "They are a subculture." When Private Armies Take to the Front Lines -- Monday, Apr. 12, 2004 -- Page 1 -- TIME

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TheBestCheapestOEM Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 378 Senior Member	So about Bush's new civilian corps....why do we need more civilians in Iraq? We have 100,000 now. Their deaths are not counted. They cost us taxpayers up to $2,000 a day for the hired guns. They don't follow military law, US law, or Iraqi law Oh is that why? Democracy Now! \| Blackwater Down: Fresh From Iraq, Private Security Forces Roam the Streets of an American City With Impunity Our mercenaries in Iraq - Los Angeles Times Here is what the military thinks about the civilian hired guns in Iraq. The current business boom is in Iraq. Blackwater charges its clients $1,500 to $2,000 a day for each hired gun. Most security contractors, like Blackwater's teams, live a comfortable if exhausting existence in Baghdad, staying at the Sheraton or Palestine hotels, which are not plush but at least have running water. Locals often mistake the guards for special forces or CIA personnel, which makes active-duty military troops a bit edgy. "Those Blackwater guys," says an intelligence officer in Iraq, "they drive around wearing Oakley sunglasses and pointing their guns out of car windows. They have pointed their guns at me, and it pissed me off. Imagine what a guy in Fallujah thinks." Adds an Army officer who just returned from Baghdad, "They are a subculture." When Private Armies Take to the Front Lines -- Monday, Apr. 12, 2004 -- Page 1 -- TIME
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