“Pablo was earning so much that each year we’d write off ten per cent of the money because rats would eat it in storage or it would be damaged by water or lost.
“We had so much money we would spend as much as $2,500 on rubber bands just to hold it together. We’d holiday in […]
“You ever try to build something in your backyard? They’re building these in the jungles.”
This is a building snowmobiles concept, and very innovative. I give them high marks for working the problem and coming up with something like this, but it is still criminal.
Perhaps the counter to something like this could […]
I hope the company of these guys pays them a huge bonus as well. Good on these guys, and I am glad they are getting recognized. -Matt
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U.S. honors contractors held hostage by Colombian rebels
By JACK DOLAN
Mar. 13, 2009
Three U.S. defense contractors who were held hostage by Colombian terrorists for more than five years received […]
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On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American civilian contractors—Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Tom Howes—crash-landed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. Dazed and shaken, they emerged from the plane bloodied and injured as gunfire rained down around them. As of that moment they were prisoners of the FARC, a Colombian terrorist […]
Well, I have been busy with trying to find the unique stories and angles out there that no one is covering, and I think I may have found one. Who has heard of the Israeli companies Global CST or Defensive Shield? I have never heard of them, but I tell you what, they are […]
Thanks to Doug for sending me this article. I posted the Long War Journal article about the ‘flying IED’ a couple of weeks ago and it sounds like it’s use is not a fluke. So I decided to delve further into the history of these improvised munitions, and it looks like the IRA used […]
This is outstanding news and certainly an excellent outcome to a frustrating story. There will be a ton of happy families about this one. This is also an indicator that the FARC is losing, and the government of Colombia and it’s military are finally seeing the fruits of their labor in their war there. […]
This story still pisses me off. It’s been this long, and those guys are still being held captive? I have slightly more hope that they will eventually be released as the FARC slowly diminishes, but who knows. Private contractors do not add up to squat in this world, when you get captured. Please note […]
