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		<title>Armed Westerners in Libya Working for Arab Govts?</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2011/06/02/armed-westerners-in-libya-working-for-arab-govts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So reports are now surfacing that say those six armed western-looking dudes filmed talking to Libyan rebels near Misurata last week may be mercs hired by wealthy Arab states who are participating in the operations to oust Gadhafi. From the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper: One possibility is that the men could be former British special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Troops On Ground in Libya (updated)</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2011/05/31/western-troops-filmed-on-ground-in-libya/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/05/31/western-troops-filmed-on-ground-in-libya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assymetric Warriors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this great footage by Al Jazeera of Libyan rebels fighting Gadhafi’s troops. Most significant are the images of what are supposedly armed western troops liasing with the rebels at the 2:10 mark. This may well be the first footage of western “boots on the ground” (sorry to use that clichéd term) at the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let Erik Prince Do the Talking</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2009/08/21/let-erik-prince-do-the-talking/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2009/08/21/let-erik-prince-do-the-talking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jnoonan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Blackwater (Xe) is in the news again today. Seems as if they’ve been loading bombs onto CIA Predators in Afghanistan and Pakistan under contract and the anti-PMC crowd is in a tizzy. Based on conversations I’ve had with security contractors from a couple different companies, the CIA gigs — even the one where they [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mercenary Air</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2008/06/02/mercenary-air/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2008/06/02/mercenary-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ward</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning Military.com has a story on America’s most famous (or infamous) private security contractor, Blackwater USA, purchasing a light attack aircraft. Report Says Blackwater Bought Fighter (AP) A subsidiary of U.S. military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has purchased a fighter plane from the Brazilian aviation company Embraer, a Brazilian newspaper reported June 1. The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merc Chopper Shot Down (Updated)</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/23/merc-chopper-shot-down-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/23/merc-chopper-shot-down-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>haninah_levine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tens of thousands of foreign mercenaries fighting alongside coalition soldiers in Iraq aren’t just tooling around in up-armored SUVs sporting submachine guns. These guys have got helicopters too that they use to escort convoys — and one of them has just been shot down over Baghdad, according to the Associated Press: Five civilians died [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Washington Post Meets Soldiers’ Justice</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/15/washington-post-meets-soldiers-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/15/washington-post-meets-soldiers-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hambling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve days ago, Peter Singer broke the story here, that private military contractors were going to be subject to the same laws as soldiers. Since then, big media outlets from the Boston Globe to the Financial Times have picked up on Singer’s scoop. Today, it’s the Washington Post’s turn. The paper puts the story on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Soldiers’ Justice Spreads</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/12/soldiers-justice-spreads/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/12/soldiers-justice-spreads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hambling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More big media outlets are picking up on — and adding to — Peter Singer’s Defense Tech scoop, that private military members with now be subject to the same laws as American soldiers. There may even be a test case coming up, sooner than we all thought. Virginian-Pilot: As pressure grows in Congress to hold [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Contractors Squirm Under Soldiers’ Justice?</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/08/contractors-squirm-under-soldiers-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/08/contractors-squirm-under-soldiers-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hambling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe and Defense News have picked up on Peter Singer’s scoop — that military contractors are now going to be subject to soldiers’ justice. Neither the Globe nor Defense News could find any big defense contractor to comment on the five-word change to the law, spearheaded by Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Soldiers’ Justice; Readers React (Updated)</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/soldiers-justice-readers-react-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/soldiers-justice-readers-react-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hambling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t had a chance yet, go check out the comments to Peter Singer’s story on the private military contractors who will now have to face soldiers’ justice. A few samples: My CO had a very interesting way of making sure the civilian contractors in his area to behave. Before he came the civilian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guns-for-Hire Accused of Gitmo Abuse</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/guns-for-hire-accused-of-gitmo-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2007/01/04/guns-for-hire-accused-of-gitmo-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hambling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mercs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WaPo: “New allegations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay released by the FBI on Tuesday put private contractors at the center of interrogation operations, raising questions once again about where they fit in the military’s chain of command.” Contractors have traditionally not been subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the body of laws [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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