 Real life mirroring Shadowrun again., Mercenary activity on a strong increase. |
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Jun 25 2005, 05:52 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 13-August 04 From: Fort Smith, Arkansas Member No.: 6,560 |
Cool. I had no idea we were using that many non-US soldiers.
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Jun 25 2005, 06:19 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
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Jun 25 2005, 06:22 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 4-September 04 Member No.: 6,628 |
Those are some pretty cool links.
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Jun 25 2005, 12:45 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 11-January 03 Member No.: 3,889 |
It's a little frightening how close this is to something you'd see in Shadowrun.
I remember that in the 1980's, mercenaries were common in budding Communist countries. A lot of veterans of the Vietnam war had a hard time finding work outside of a military profession and took to mercenary work in these areas. Of course there was the mercenaries in Bosnia among a few other less publicised incidents. And now this. I found this after debating with someone about what the phrase "freelance security consultant" meant. That's the media's way of saying "mercenary." |
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