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Messy mercenaries.


"These guys run loose in this country and do stupid stuff. There's no authority over them, so you can't come down on them hard when they escalate es·ca·late  
v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates

v.tr.
To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf.

v.intr.
 force," said Brigadier General Karl Karl. For German and Swedish kings thus named, use Charles.  R. Horst, deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry infantry, body of soldiers who fight in an army on foot and are equipped with hand-carried weapons, in contradistinction originally to cavalry and other branches of an army.  Division, about private security contractors in Iraq. "They shoot people, and someone else has to deal with the aftermath. It happens all over the place," Horst told The Washington Post.
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Title Annotation:private security services at Iraq
Publication:The Progressive
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:7IRAQ
Date:Nov 1, 2005
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