Corporate/Shadow armies = Mercs. Where do you think the term "Free lance" comes from? Anyway, I'm not surprised. After all, didn't some Merc/Security Corporation quell a revolt in Africa within the past 10-15 years? Coulda sworn I saw that on History or Military Channel several months ago.
Weren't 2 American Security guys arresting in Iraq a while ago??? They had made their own jail?? or am I remembering wrong?
That was in Afghanistan. The one guy's name was Keith Idema. He used to run a paintball company Idema Sports with his dog Sarge. Supposedly he was running relief missions in Afghanistan, but ended up capturing and interogatting prisoners at his own jail. Personally after today I think he was on the right track.
Keith Idema is a complete sh!thead who has nowhere near the experience he claims to have and is a compulsive liar. His method of grabbing people because they had long beards is absolute clownsh!t and he deserves to rot in his Afghan jail cell.
I will also echo the clown sentiment and raise it a "complete nutter". I have yet to formulate an opinion on Sarge. --- Yeah though, those private contractors (read: mercenaries) are some seriously spooky business. Very little of what they do strikes me as wise or in any way promoting a better situation in Iraq (I'm talking about the mercenary contractors, not the guys building treament plants and such).
Actually, I have reached a decision about Sarge... he clearly must have been the brains behind this paintball operation.