Showing newest posts with label mercenaries. Show older posts
Showing newest posts with label mercenaries. Show older posts

Friday, 14 December 2007

British Army in bed with Fiji Military Rulers

Terry Moore writing for Tribune
The British Army are actively recuiting in Fiji - now 2,000 in the British Army! + British 'security' firms - mercenaries to you and me are recruiting for Iraq. Recruit the poor and send them to their deaths. Coming to you soon at St Athan.

Thursday, 6 December 2007

Getting away with murder!

Download Getting Away with Murder Getting Away With Murder[pdf]:
Read about the tens of thousands of mercenaries
in Iraq who are committing human rights abuses
and operating outside the law.

Take Action! Take Action! Email David Miliband:
Tell the Foreign Secretary it is time to
legislate to control the PMSC sector as
an urgent priority.
Private Military and Security Companies Corporate Mercenaries Homepage:
Private Military and Security Companies
(PMSCs) sell security and military services
at home and overseas. They are now in
the corporate boardroom and becoming
a ‘normal’ part of the military sector.

Download videos of Aegis and Blackwater mercenaries at work in Iraq Mercenary Trophy Videos:
Download videos of Aegis and
Blackwater mercenaries at
work in Iraq.
Corporations and Conflict Campaign Corporations and Conflict:
War on Want's corporations and conflict
campaign peels away the pleasant
veneer of 'corporate social responsibility', and
examines the real role corporations play
in conflict - and the human costs that result.

http://www.privatemilitary.org/home.html
british private mercenaries



Sunday, 4 November 2007

Improving access to the Airport for Metrix - arms dealers

Improving access to Cardiff International Airport
Following the public exhibitions held in early October 2007 the Welsh Assembly Government has decided to hold two additional exhibitions.

The exhibitions are part of an ongoing study, which is investigating options for improving transport access to the airport and possible improvements at Culverhouse Cross.

Friday, 30 November10 am to 8 pm
Wenvoe Community Centre Old Port Road, Wenvoe, CF5 6AL

Saturday, 1 December 10 am to 5 pmCowbridge Leisure CentreThe Bear Field,Cowbridge, CF71 7DA Please note these two exhibitions are a repeat of those held in October and won't include any new material.

Shouldn't the WAG and Rhrodri Morgan consult more widely - surely there should be a exhibit in Cardiff?
McMercenaries -The truth about the Metrix Consortium

Saturday, 3 November 2007

mercenaries not counted in Iraq death toll

Names of ex-soldiers not in Iraq death toll
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
While 133 British soldiers and airmen have died as the result of hostile action since 2003, at least 44 British private security employees have also been ...

Monday, 22 October 2007

Tony Benn signs our petition and slams St Athan Military Academy

Dear Anne
The privatization of war is part of the neo-liberal commitment to profit and those who make the most money from war are the arms manufacturers.
We must take a stand against mercenaries wwho have no responsibility to any elected governments
Tony Benn

Friday, 28 September 2007

Private military companies ..BLACKWATER

Will Blackwater Be Kicked Out of Iraq After Recent Bloodbath?By Jeremy Scahill, The NationSo far Blackwater has only received a slap on the wrist after killing innocent civilians. Are the U.S. and Iraqi governments finally ready to send them packing? Read more »

Even if the firm loses its contracts its gurads will probably find work with other PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES....with British outfits like Aegis and Armor Group in Iraq.

These people will be present at St Athan??? providing or receiving training?

See also Flush with Profits from the Iraq War, Military Contractors See a World of Business OpportunitiesJeremy Scahill, Indypendent. August 13, 2007.Since launching the "global war on terror," the administration has funneled billions of public dollars to "private contractors" and more than doubled the size of the occupation with these hired guns.

Labor Dept: 1,001 Civilian Workers Have Died in IraqDavid Ivanovich, Houston Chronicle. August 8, 2007.Contractors represent part of the hidden death-toll in Iraq.

Outsourcing Intelligence: How Bush Gets His National Intelligence from Private CompaniesR.J. Hillhouse, The Nation. July 31, 2007.Private corporations are now a major staple of national intelligence and are heavily involved in producing the most important and most sensitive national security document -- the President's Daily Brief.