Mercenaries vs Abu Sayyaf

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Mercenaries vs Abu Sayyaf; now hiring
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ctrlaltdel	Nov 13 2011, 02:39 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 399 Group: Regulars Member #151 Joined: October 3, 2004	Pinoy security consultants also wanted http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/11/13/11...s-vs-abu-sayyaf WASHINGTON DC - Defense contractors in the United States, some eyeing to work in the Philippines for the first time, are scrambling to win a $200 million contract to support American troops in Mindanao. Nonetheless, they have yet to find Filipinos who can give them a true picture of what exactly they’ll be up against when they get there. A highly-placed source revealed the Pentagon has signaled it may bid out a fresh support contract for the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P) after the current contractor, Texas-based DynCorp International, finalizes its contract in September 2012. It reportedly earned nearly $173 million for its work in the Philippines since 2008. The move is also an indication that the US intends to stay in Mindanao much longer. The Philippines is one of only two US treaty allies in Southeast Asia. They marked the 60th year of a mutual defense pact last month. This has spawned renewed interest on the Philippines from some of America’s biggest defense contractors eager to win a 5-year service support contract reportedly worth $200 million, including KBR, another Texas-based company that has figured in numerous controversies in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of the firms have reportedly been shopping around for Filipino “consultants”, the source explained, because they know very little about prevailing security conditions especially in the strife-torn areas of Mindanao and Sulu where US Special Operations troops have been deployed since 2002.



ni84	Nov 13 2011, 07:01 PM Post #2
Posts: 2,503 Group: Elite Member #7,006 Joined: August 16, 2011	Very interesting but I doubt they can be effective here as long as the "enemy" is convince that they can stick around and not go away.
	We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job. Sir Winston Churchill, BBC radio broadcast, 1941 We'll settle this the old navy way: first guy to die, loses. President Thomas 'Tug' Benson, Hot Shots! Part Deux Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii 15,000 nukes and enough for another 40,000


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