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To: bentway who wrote (10592)	4/18/2004 12:33:39 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 173976

Chris, arabs have hated the west since 900 AD. Time to wake up. Or you can just surrender, like the french

To: bentway who wrote (10592)	4/18/2004 1:56:34 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 173976

This is what happens when greedy, unethical, amoral oilmen get the opportunity to open a gas station in the ME...financed by the middle class wage earning US taxpayer. The wild, wild west of Iraq. Yep, it would feel very secure to have mercenaries having shootouts on my front lawn everyday. That's security! guardian.co.uk "...'There are some real cowboys here,' he says. 'You see them showing off their guns and strutting about. They are inviting trouble for their clients. They draw attention to the fact that they are guarding someone important.'... Although there are 'rules of engagement' for both the private security personnel and contractors with their own weapons, there is still a Wild West feel to Iraq. All weapons are licensed by the Coalition Provisional Authority and all shooting incidents must be reported, but everyone operates within a framework that is, at best, quasi-legal, and where life - on both sides - is cheap..."