Corporate Soldiers and Private Armies
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:14 pm
Right now there are tens of thousands of private contracters in Iraq, they have taken up support roles that used to be filled by Service men and women. However the contracters have done a lot more then sit "in the rear with the gear", these Mercanaries are armed, (sometimes better than US Soldiers) and they answer only to their own selfish interests. They are vigilantes, and they are funded by this administration.
Imagine the dangers of a Private Army, Corporatized soldiers armed-to-the-teeth with the power and the "authority" to put a slug between your eyes if you look at them wrong...what its to stop him, you can't court-marshall a civilian.
Frontline: Private Warriors
Imagine the dangers of a Private Army, Corporatized soldiers armed-to-the-teeth with the power and the "authority" to put a slug between your eyes if you look at them wrong...what its to stop him, you can't court-marshall a civilian.
Frontline: Private Warriors
Here is a breakdown of the numbers:
* 50,000 support/logistics contractors
These are civilians hired by KBR, the Halliburton subsidiary which holds the military's logistical support contract. They work as weathermen, cooks, carpenters, mechanics, etc. Most are from Third World countries and the majority are Filipinos.
* 20,000 non-Iraqi security contractors
Of these, 5-6,000 are British, American, South African, Russian or European; another 12,000 are from Third World countries, such as Fiji, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and India.
* 15,000 Iraqi security contractors
Most of these were hired mainly by the British security firm Erinys to guard Iraq's oil infrastructure.
* 40-70,000 reconstruction contractors
Hired to rebuild Iraq. Some are Iraqis, but they're mostly from the U.S. and dozens of other countries and employed by companies such as General Electric, Bechtel, Parsons, KBR, Fluor and Perini.
