Namibia shuts down mercenary firm, deports 2 US citizens for recruiting

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http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/daily-news/namibia-shuts-down-mercenary-firm,-deports-2-us-citizens-2007101310567/

Windhoek, Namibia - Namibia has deported two US citizens and shut down an American mercenary firm for recruiting Namibians to work as 'security guards' in war torn Iraq and Afghanistan.

The government swiftly ordered the closure of mercenary firm Special Operations Consulting-Security Management (SOC-SMG), which had set up a base in Namibia and was recruiting former war veterans to work in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Netumbo-Nandi Ndaitwah declared the two US nationals - Paul Grimes, SOC-SMG country representative for Namibia, and Fredric Piry, chief of operations - 'prohibited immigrants.'

"On a directive of the cabinet, the State Security committee recommended the closure of SOC-SMG. The two US nationals are immediately removed from Namibia," Nandi-Ndatwah said in a statement Saturday.

The US-based SOC-SMG recently set up a Namibian branch.

The firm said it was recruiting up to 4,000 Namibians with military experience to go and work in Iraq and Afghanistan as 'security guards.'

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1. Total shock.

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2. They know it won't be long we will be recruiting Iraqis to kill Namibians

If we haven't already. So they had better nip it in the bud right now.

Don

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3. I hope the entire planet follows suit

Damn madness - let Romney's sons and Bush's daughters go and fight. Recruit young Rethugs or Freepers.

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4. All they do is stand outside dining facilities and gyms to ensure...

.... that only people with valid IDs and unloaded weapons can get inside. They're trying to prevent another incident like the one in December when the suicide bomber blew up the dining facility in Mosul.

Not exactly "mercenaries."

On edit: Meant to specify December of 2004. I've been over here too long. :)