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Originally Posted by EdgeXXX
I may have indeed missed something, but where did you read that the US Govt / Military was hiring them to do covert ops or indeed any missioning whatsoever?
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" covert " ..??? Who said covert, aside from you.
" missioning " ... well, I think they are there for something.. if it is not for the picnic, what could it be for?
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-- The U.S.-led occupation authority in Iraq said it plans to spend as much as $100 million over the next 14 months to hire private security forces to protect the Green Zone, the 4-square-mile headquarters area in Baghdad, which is currently guarded primarily by U.S. troops.
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Looks like they are doing the job of the US troops ...
Basically, it is outsourcing... and this brings us back to the topic :
up to 42 years old, because troops are needed ... So if people wont enlist, private " security " contractors will fill the void .
Here is the cost rapport :
19 980.00 vs 200 000.00
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According to figures current during the active war a year ago, the salary of a soldier in the lowest rank who has one year's service was $15,480 a year - only a thousand dollars more than the average pay for an usher in a movie theatre in the USA. The pay for an experienced corporal of three years of service was $19,980 a year.
Meanwhile, the government pays private firms between $500 and $1,500 a day for the experienced military personnel they supply in Iraq. That works out to mercenaries who often earn between $150,000 and $250,000 a year.
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