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Parrot Head · 03-12-2007, 06:42 AM

I heard one of the producers of Shadow Company on the radio last week and it sounds interesting.

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With over $100 Billion in annual revenues and 70,000 employees in Iraq alone, the private military industry is booming, yet few civilians know anything about it. Shadow Company, a groundbreaking feature-length documentary, takes you deep inside this secret world that is changing the face of modern warfare. What are we really risking by allowing profit-motivated corporations into the business of war?

I guess these private contractors get paid $500-$1000 a day over there. About 10K of them are well armed and they're often mistaken for military personnel. The guy said there have been about 400 deaths so far among these "mercenaries" but they aren't really reported in the news and especially not among military deaths.

It's playing over in SF right now, but I don't have time to get there. You can buy it on DVD, but it's not on Netflix. I'm torn.

il Padrino Ute · 03-12-2007, 06:52 AM

Private military industry?

You mean, guys like me and Mike could get paid to shoot our guns at terrorists?

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