5th June, 2009
Number of US contractors working in Iraq and Afghanistan is on the rise despite Washington claims that it would withdraw forces from both countries within years.
Posts Tagged ‘mercenaries’
US ‘privatizing’ war in Iraq, Afghanistan?
Posted by seumasach on June 5, 2009
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Spain, US, SAfrica backed E Guinea coup, accused tells court
Posted by seumasach on June 19, 2008
“Ships are sent out at the first opportunity; the natives driven out or destroyed; their princes tortured to discover their gold; a free licence given to all acts of inhumanity and lust, the earth reeking with the blood of its inhabitants: and this execrable crew of butchers, employed in so pious an expedition, is a modern colony, sent to convert and civilise an idolatrous and barbarous people.”
Gulliver’s Travels- Jonathan Swift
As in Sierra Leone, shades of 18th century imperialism.
Rodrigo Angue Nguema(YAHOO)
Wed Jun 18
South Africa, Spain and the United States each approved a plot to topple Equatorial Guinea’s president, British mercenary Simon Mann told a Malabo court Wednesday.
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