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No tolerance even for Say's Web site
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29 Dec 2007 Sat 06:51 am |
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Quoting teaschip1: This has been proved to be a myth, Alameda. Please do your research and come up with some factual truth instead of posting links you just happen to read. Your really making yourself look real good here lately with all of your stupid responses and links that have no relative value. |
Excuse me teaschip1...read more:
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries
The Convention defines a mercenary as any person who:
* Is specially recruited locally or abroad in order to fight in armed conflict
* Is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar rank and functions in the armed forces of that party
* Is neither a national of a party to the conflict nor a resident of territory controlled by a party to the conflict
* Is not a member of armed forces of a party to the conflict
* Has not been sent by a State which is not a party to the conflict on official duty as a member of its armed forces
States party to the convention affirm "that the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries should be considered as offences of grave concern to all States and that any person committing any of these-offences should be either prosecuted or extradited"; and
Are concerned "at new unlawful international activities linking drug traffickers and mercenaries in the perpetration of violent actions which undermine the constitutional order of the States"; and
Are convinced that the adoption of this convention "would contribute to the eradication of these nefarious activities and thereby to observance of the purposes and the principles enshrined in the Charter"; and
Are "convinced of the necessity to develop and enhance international co-operation among the States for the prevention, prosecution and punishment of such offenders."[4]
The twenty-two States that have completed the constitutional procedures that bind them to the Convention are: Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belarus, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Italy, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Qatar, saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Suriname, Togo, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay and Uzbekistan.
The nine other States that have signed but not ratified it are: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Germany, Morocco, Nigeria, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. The United States has not signed.
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29 Dec 2007 Sat 12:29 pm |
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Quoting AlphaF: You are not nearly half as creative as my partner Aenigma III.
I hope she reads this post...
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I always read your posts canim  
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29 Dec 2007 Sat 12:31 pm |
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I have to confess I knew little about Blackwater - thanks chaps! TC is a little mine of information (for those who can bear reading arguments without bursting into tears)
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29 Dec 2007 Sat 04:50 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III: I have to confess I knew little about Blackwater - thanks chaps! TC is a little mine of information (for those who can bear reading arguments without bursting into tears) |
That's why I post links, for the few who actually have the interest to read them. The private security sector is a very controversial issue here lately. Most had little knowledge of them until recently.
Private Military Company
Private military companies supply bodyguards for the Afghan president, build detention camps at Guantanamo Bay, and pilot armed reconnaissance planes and helicopter gunships to destroy coca crops in Colombia.[citation needed] They operate the intelligence and communications systems at the United States Northern Command in Colorado, which is responsible for coordinating a response to any attack on the United States.[citation needed] And licensed by the State Department, they are contracting with foreign governments, training soldiers and reorganizing militaries in Nigeria, Bulgaria, Taiwan, and Equatorial Guinea. The PMC industry is now worth over $100 billion a year.
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29 Dec 2007 Sat 04:55 pm |
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Actually I dont read the links - I am more interested in opinions. If I want to google a subject I can 
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