Blackwater, now with its own navy...

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JB at 10.22.08 - 3:42 pm
http://lloydslist.com/ll/news/blackwater-sends-warship-to-gulf-of-aden/20017581692.htm
BLACKWATER Worldwide — the US private military contractor embroiled in controversy over its actions in Iraq — has sent a private sector warship equipped with helicopters to the Gulf of Aden, and is offering its services to shipowners concerned with Somali piracy. ...
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I take you think this is somehow a bad thing?
NixonTwin10.22.08 - 4:04 pm
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these guys are taking playing with army men a little to serios.
plus, plastic boats always flipped over!
aksendz10.22.08 - 4:49 pm
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Nah, man, private armies are totally awesome.
Jaz10.22.08 - 5:22 pm
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Yeah private army with their own set of rules is a good thing, not bad.
CrazyPenis10.22.08 - 5:47 pm
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wait... when did the private military have a full on warship?
i thought they were mercenaries
ijunes10.22.08 - 5:51 pm
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OOOOOOOOO!!!! HE SAID HE'LL SHOW YOU!!! DAAAAAAAAAAMNNNN SON
imachynna10.22.08 - 6:59 pm
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According to the Geneva Convention, mercenaries or private soldiers have no rights. They can be tortured or executed on the spot. Since they are not fighting for a particular country but for money, they are not real soldiers.
skd10.22.08 - 7:09 pm
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I have mixed reviews regarding this company.
The positive thing is that many of the employees are either ex-military or law-enforcement, so they already have a high-level of training ingrained as it is.
The negative aspect is that they take on the role of "Dog-The Wannabe US Marshal", and have little-to-no rules of engagement set up.
bentstrider10.23.08 - 3:54 am
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The only army I support is the one I'm riding with.
Joe Borfo10.23.08 - 9:06 am
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It's really bad there I guess. Nigeria does email scams and Somalia does piracy. If the market demands a service that governments are not providing, then private industry will step in.
"The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Thursday that 63 of 199 incidents of piracy worldwide recorded in the first nine months of this year had taken place off east Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. This was double the 36 attacks blamed on Somali pirates out of 198 worldwide in the same period last year, the bureau added."
0gravity10.23.08 - 1:01 pm
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