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This 6 page paper discusses DynCorp, Blackwater and other contractors and the problems they are experiencing. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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cancel its contract with DynCorp and in fact, that the government should severely curtail its use of military contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq. Discussion DynCorp is in the business of,
among other things, providing security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and on the US-Mexico border (CSC/ DynCorp). They are also instrumental in arranging for "up to 1,000 U.S. civilian law enforcement
experts to travel to Iraq to help local assess threats to public order and mentor personnel" there (CSC/DynCorp). This is descried as a "peacekeeping" project for which the company may
well earn up to $50 million per year (CSC/DynCorp). DynCorps employees today "make up the core of the police force in Bosnia"; they protected Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan;
and they fly "defoliation missions over the coca crops in Colombia" (CSC/DynCorp). One might legitimately wonder if there isnt a substantial conflict of interest in a situation where Americans are
guarding the president of a nation where the American military is operating, but legal niceties dont bother these types of companies. In fact, law in general doesnt seem to be
of much concern: the company has "88 aircraft and 307 employees - 139 of them American - flying missions to eradicate cocoa fields in Colombia" (CSC/DynCorp). They were called "Colombias
Coke-Bustin Broncos" by Soldier of Fortune Magazine, the bible for mercenaries. Members of congress have expressed concern that having civilians fly "what amount to combat missions is asking for trouble,"
by DynCorps employees often behave like "cowboys" (CSC/DynCorp). The use of DynCorp and other contractors like Brown Kellogg and the infamous Blackwater (which is trying to rebrand itself as a
kindler, gentler mercenary outfit) raises some important questions: "Is the US military privatizing its missions to avoid public controversy or to avoid embarrassment - to hide body bags from the
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