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When I see "contract security" I think of a local man I know who is, at the very minute, gearing up to leave his home and his life here for a one year contract in Iraq to provide protection for a technical crew there, and also to provide financial security (read "pay off the mortgage" here) for his family.

I've met a few of those "mercenaries", and a local friend of mine is just about to leave for Iraq for a one year stint as one of those "mercenaries" you are Specifically, he is going to be on the security team for a bomb and mine detection and disposal squad, watching the backs of the guys who are defusing the mines and "spoilsports" that the Baathests left behind, and the terror traps that the insurgents are emplacing.

They are some of the most honorable, capable, and honestly "gentle" people I have ever met. They are there to do a necessary and honorable job that is a weird combination of cop, soldier, and bodyguard.

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