Hard-core Taliban using more insidious tactics in Kandahar
Mar 26, 2009 Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Hard-core elements of the Taliban that moved into Kandahar have imported more insidious tactics to sow confusion among NATO and Afghan forces, according to former insurgent fighters and Canadian army documents.
They are also building bigger roadside bombs to meet the expected crush of American armour vehicles surging into southern Afghanistan as part of U.S. President Barack Obama’s renewed emphasis on the war-torn region.
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The non-profit Private Security Company
Mar 26, 2009 Commentary, Jake's Posts
By Jake Allen
One of the critiques often leveled against private security contractors is that we have the audacity to accept a pay check for our services. It’s a silly argument and one to which I have two stock responses for.
1) Most often I politely engage the usually over-educated and under-experienced antagonist remind him that he too is receiving compensation for his services and that it seems judgmental and condescending that he would begrudge me for feeding my own family through the application of skills I have spent many years to learn.
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