Throughout his time as head of the C.P.A., L. Paul Bremer III, whom the insurgency may well have viewed as its highest-value target, was protected by a Triple Canopy competitor, Blackwater USA. Private gunmen, according to Lawrence Peter, are now guarding four U.S. generals. Triple Canopy protects a large military base. And throughout Iraq, the defense of essential military sites like depots of captured munitions has been informally shared by private soldiers and U.S. troops. If the 25,000 figure is accurate, the businesses add about 16 percent to the coalition's total forces.
Mercenaries guarding senior US officers, My God, what a freaking cluster.
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I look for the day when we have government soldiers and corporate soldiers. The government soldiers will be the cannon fodder for wars like W's. The corporate soldiers will safeguard politicians, corporate heads and property, and put down civil rebellions bother here and abroad. We are halfway there now.
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