About Those Civilians
Granma International has reported that some of the "contractors" in Iraq, a nice name for mercenary, are former Chilian ex-commandos and members of the South African secret police un der the Aparthied regime:
quote:
The article went on to say that apparently Blackwater was unable to contract a sufficient number of U.S. nationals – the majority of them former soldiers – for all its postings in Iraq and had started to use former Chilean soldiers who were active during Augusto Pinochet’s regime.
The South African press indicated that the dead guard was one Francois Strydom, a former member of the notorious Koevoet counterinsurgency group, implicated in numerous political murders in Namibia during the 1980s.
La Jornada refers to the Tiger Force unit from the 101st Airborne Division that was deployed in Viet Nam to assassinate guerrillas and civilian sympathizers.
More Phoenix operations. Same ole same ole.
Links:
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/abril/juev8/16mercenarios.html
(17 years of informed commentary)
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