This is an excellent read, and I want to thank Matt for sending me this.  I love it when readers are inspired by stuff, and send it in for the rest of us to enjoy.
   I put this under ‘law enforcement’, but really, this could apply to military and security contractors.  It is a […]

   Tragic.  For those that know the deceased and for the families, I am sorry you are having to go through this. -Matt
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British Contractor Kills Two Colleagues in Iraq
By Ernesto LondoñoWashington Post Foreign ServiceSunday, August 9, 2009
BAGHDAD, Aug. 9 — A British private security contractor was taken into custody by Iraqi authorities in Baghdad’s Green […]

     Scary stuff and this kind of thing is not cool for the war effort.  Rest in peace to the Iraqi security guards that were gunned down in this.
     Also, the use of suppressed weapons is interesting as well.  Obviously these guys were well equipped and somewhat trained to pull off something like this. […]

   I hope and pray that the security guard that was wounded in this incident is able to survive, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends.  I think the angle I want to highlight here, is that this shooter was there to kill, and thus gets the title of ‘active […]

    Wow, this story is getting deeper.  I do not have the inside track on this thing and if any readers have anything pertinent to add, post it in the comments section.  Or you can email me in private through the contact form.-Matt
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Five U.S. contractors held in slaying of another in Iraq
June 6, 2009
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“It’s a schemer who put you where you are. You were a schemer. You had plans. Look where it got you. I just did what I do best-I took your plan and turned it on itself. Look what I have done to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple bullets. Nobody […]

   Right on, and good on the guy(s) that helped nab this clown. -Matt
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Mexico nabs Zeta gang leader on most-wanted list
By ISTRA PACHECO 
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police on Wednesday arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.
Sauceda Gamboa appears on a list of 24 alleged drug traffickers […]

“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 […]

   An interesting look into the world of the Los Zetas and how they conduct business down south.  Thanks to Doug for sending me this one. -Matt  
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Hitmen’s bloody reign all about logic, trafficker says
By Karl Penhaul
April 15, 2009
Editor’s note: Journalist Karl Penhaul spent several weeks tracking the gangs of the Mexican underworld, the corrupt […]