http://abitabout.com/Operation+Falcon+Freedom
http://www.bigboyrules.com/
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There are tens of thousands of them in Iraq.
They work for companies with exotic and ominous-sounding names, like Crescent Security Group, Triple Canopy, and Blackwater Worldwide.
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They travel in convoys of multicolored pickups fortified with makeshift armor, belt-fed machine guns, frag grenades, and even shoulder-fired missiles. They protect everything from the U.S. ambassador and American generals to shipments of Frappuccino bound for Baghdad’s Green Zone. They kill Iraqis, and Iraqis kill them.
And the only law they recognize is Big Boy Rules.
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter comes a harrowing journey into Iraq’s parallel war. Part Mad Max, part Fight Club, it is a world filled with “private security contractors”—the U.S. government’s sanitized name for tens of thousands of modern mercenaries, or mercs, who roam Iraq with impunity, doing jobs that the overstretched and understaffed military can’t or won’t do.
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Big Boy Rules America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq by Steve Fainaru Hardcover US $26.00/ CAN $27.95 ISBN: 9780306817434 ISBN-10: 0306817438 | |
They are men like Jon Coté, a sensitive former U.S. army paratrooper and University of Florida fraternity brother who realizes too late that he made a terrible mistake coming back to Iraq. And Paul Reuben, a friendly security company “medic” who has no formal medical training and lacks sufficient tourniquets and other basic supplies. They are part of America’s “other” army—some patriotic, some desperate, some just out for cash or adventure. And some who disappear into the void that is Iraq and are never seen again.
Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru traveled with a group of private security contractors to find out what motivates them to put their lives in danger every day. He joined Jon Coté and the men of Crescent Security Group as they made their way through Iraq—armed to the teeth, dodging not only bombs and insurgents but also their own Iraqi colleagues.
Just days after Fainaru left to go home, five men of Crescent Security Group were kidnapped in broad daylight on Iraq’s main highway. How the government and the company responded reveals the dark truths behind the largest private force in the history of American warfare. . . .
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/24/jonathon-cote-rip/
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Jonathon Cote, R.I.P.
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Last month, the bodies of kidnapped American contractors Ronald J. Withrow of Roaring Springs, Tex., and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Mo., were found in Iraq. Yesterday, the family of fellow American contractor Jonathon Cote learned that his body has been identified:
The Cote family has kept active vigil and worked valiantly to ensure that their loved one and others still missing in Iraq are not forgotten. Their website is here. The family continues to ask for prayers.
“O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.”
PSALM 130 v 2
A body recovered by U.S. authorities in Iraq has been identified as that of a kidnapped American security contractor, the FBI said on Wednesday.Cote was a 25-year-old Army veteran who had served in both Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming a private security contractor.
The remains were identified as Jonathon Cote of Getzville, New York, who was employed by Crescent Security Group when he was kidnapped on Nov. 16, 2006, the FBI said.
“Mr. Cote’s body was recovered on April 19, 2008, and his family was immediately informed by the FBI of the recovery,” FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said in a statement.
“Mr. Cote’s family was notified today of the positive identification of his remains following confirmation of his identity by the FBI.”
The Cote family has kept active vigil and worked valiantly to ensure that their loved one and others still missing in Iraq are not forgotten. Their website is here. The family continues to ask for prayers.
“O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.”
PSALM 130 v 2
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/battleofbaghdad27apr06.shtml
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By Eric Holmes May <onlythecaptain@yahoo.com>
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/battleofbaghdad27apr06.shtml
April 26, 2006Military background
My name is Eric Holmes May, born 1960. From 1977-1980, I served in the U.S. Chemical Corps in the 1st Cavalry Division, holding ranks from private to sergeant. In 1980, I entered the University of Houston Honors College, and while there received my commission as a second lieutenant (December 15, 1983). I completed my degree in Classics (Latin & Greek) in 1985.
http://www.arcticbeacon.com/articles/3-Feb-2006.html
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However, according to Capt. May, the broadcast may have been a signal to others involved in the nuclear attack that it was being aborted.
"We caught them putting out an abort code by using the media. This is how the Illuminati works," said Capt. May, who is convinced the enemy within our government communicates by using a complex Illuminati number system, the most common being combinations of 1, 3, 9.
http://www.dailypaul.com/159868/march-19th-2003-iraq-war-started
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http://www.dailypaul.com/159868/march-19th-2003-iraq-war-started
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March 19th 2003 Iraq War Started
Submitted by legalizeliberty on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 09:16
Dear Friends of Liberty and Peace!
Today is the 8 year anniversary of the start of the illegal unconstitutional Iraq war.
Demonstrations are taking place all across the country from Santa Barbara CA to Washington DC.
All morning I am thinking: if Ron Paul was president on March 19th 2003 over 1 million people would still be alive today and millions more uninjured.
Leading up to this war I took part in many large demonstrations in several European countries.
I remember the hope we had that somehow we would be able to prevent the slaughter...
Today I want all Daily Paul members and visitors to take some time to have a moment of silence remembering the victims of this war.
Iraq war veteran speaks:
http://www.libertypoet.com/endthewars/veteranspeech/
Today is the 8 year anniversary of the start of the illegal unconstitutional Iraq war.
Demonstrations are taking place all across the country from Santa Barbara CA to Washington DC.
All morning I am thinking: if Ron Paul was president on March 19th 2003 over 1 million people would still be alive today and millions more uninjured.
Leading up to this war I took part in many large demonstrations in several European countries.
I remember the hope we had that somehow we would be able to prevent the slaughter...
Today I want all Daily Paul members and visitors to take some time to have a moment of silence remembering the victims of this war.
Iraq war veteran speaks:
http://www.libertypoet.com/endthewars/veteranspeech/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya
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On 19 March 2011 a multi-state coalition began a military intervention in Libya to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which was taken in response to events during the 2011 Libyan civil war.[11] On 19 March, military operations began, with US and British forces firing over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles,[12] the French Air Force and British Royal Air Force[13] undertaking sorties across Libya and a naval blockade by the Royal Navy.[14] Air strikes against Libyan Army tanks and vehicles by French jets have since been confirmed.[15][16] The official names for the interventions by the coalition members are Opération Harmattan by France; Operation Ellamy by the United Kingdom; Operation Mobile for the Canadian participation and Operation Odyssey Dawn for the United States.[17]
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"Operation Freedom Falcon" redirects here. For the military operation in the Second Gulf War, see Operation Falcon Freedom.
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On 19 March 2011 a multi-state coalition began a military intervention in Libya to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which was taken in response to events during the 2011 Libyan civil war.[11] On 19 March, military operations began, with US and British forces firing over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles,[12] the French Air Force and British Royal Air Force[13] undertaking sorties across Libya and a naval blockade by the Royal Navy.[14] Air strikes against Libyan Army tanks and vehicles by French jets have since been confirmed.[15][16] The official names for the interventions by the coalition members are Opération Harmattan by France; Operation Ellamy by the United Kingdom; Operation Mobile for the Canadian participation and Operation Odyssey Dawn for the United States.[17]
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