Söldner im Irak

verfasst von André, 26.01.2007, 19:41

-->Blackwater Inc. eigene Flugzeuge und über 20.000 Kämpfer.
Gesamtzahl der Söldner im Irak auf knapp 50.000 geschätzt.

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0125-25.htm

Privatarmee der Regierung operiert als Prätorianer-Garde.

And Prince is not just a man with an idea; he is a man with his own army. Blackwater began in 1996 with a private military training camp"to fulfill the anticipated demand for government outsourcing." Today, its contacts run from deep inside the military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House. It has secured a status as the elite Praetorian Guard for the global war on terror, with the largest private military base in the world, a fleet of 20 aircraft and 20,000 soldiers at the ready.

From Iraq and Afghanistan to the hurricane-ravaged streets of New Orleans to meetings with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about responding to disasters in California, Blackwater now envisions itself as the FedEx of defense and homeland security operations. Such power in the hands of one company, run by a neo-crusader bankroller of the president, embodies the"military-industrial complex" President Eisenhower warned against in 1961.

Further privatizing the country's war machine — or inventing new back doors for military expansion with fancy names like the Civilian Reserve Corps — will represent a devastating blow to the future of American democracy.

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