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 “Contracting is a necessity,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be an evil necessity.”-Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, former Missouri state auditor and contractor watchdog
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     Ok, here is number three folks. A veritable trifecta of shockingly pro contractor statements!! (lightning will soon strike my laptop and burn my fingers–ahhhhhhh)
    To hear Senator Claire McCaskill say that little […]

   Double wow.  So we have the UN, and NATO both having their top leaders supporting the concept of using Private Security Companies? Somewhere, a pig is flying over a frozen hell.  These things happen in three’s you know. lol -Matt
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”New Challenges - Better Capabilities”
22 Oct. 2009
Speech by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the […]

The convention does not want to eliminate the use of private companies at all…. -Shaista Shameem (UNWG)
Over a decade ago, Kofi Annan concluded that the world wasn’t ready for privatized peacekeeping. It’s still not. But that shouldn’t mean that we are oblivious to the very important role that many private military and security companies are […]

   This is a great read, and I highly recommend checking it out.  Ian has basically broken down the operations of his unit, and the use of this efficient and lethal shooting technique. -Matt
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RHODESIAN COVER SHOOTING
By ”Ian Rhodes”, 2 Commando, Rhodesian Light Infantry
Prelude
Also known as Drake Shooting, Rhodesian Cover Shooting may be defined as the shooting […]

  This kind of missed the news, and adds to the brutal list of air accidents that have happened recently. RIP. -Matt
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3 bodies found in US plane wreckage in Afghanistan
October 27, 2009
KABUL — NATO-led forces have recovered the remains of three American military contractors from the wreckage of a U.S. Army reconnaissance plane that crashed two […]