Give me a guess.
2006-08-18 01:35:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No, I did nit mean private security or body guards. I meant trained organised killers for money in an American army uniform.
There are 120.000 mecenarcies in the American army in Iraq. Check the sources.
2006-08-18 07:40:15 · update #1
All of them.
Americans out of Iraq ....NOW !
Too many Innocent people are getting killed (by both sides, yes the Americans do kill innocent people shock horror) and not enough respect is forth-coming from the Christian Crusaders i.e. American Armed force.
2006-08-18 02:21:37 · answer #1 · answered by Teacher 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a mercenary is a person (not necessarily a soldier) who works for a private company, which is then contracted to a nation or organization to perform paramilitary duties. the answer to your question is ZERO, the american troops have no need of a mercenary as it would detract from the organization and chain of command that is inherint in the american military. now there ARE american "mercenaries", or really private security professionals, who are working in iraq, but not for the u.s. military unless it is in an intelligence role as an advisor to the command.
2006-08-18 09:25:10 · answer #2 · answered by thirteen_fox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beg to differ on everyone's answer. There are private companies such as Black Water or Shadow Company which employ former special forces from all over the world. I've actually met a couple in Falluja.
2006-08-18 09:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are the private defense contractors like Blackwater and Haliburton. If I were to guess probably 1000.
These guys are usually wearing the khaki uniforms with rifles.
I do take acception to the comment that all soldiers are mercs. Mercs are soldiers who do it solely for the money and not for their country. I find it completely absurd for someone to not get paid, how are they supposed to support their family without cash.
2006-08-18 10:39:30 · answer #4 · answered by S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you have ever served in the military you would know that there are no mercenaries in our military, oue troops don't get paid squat for what they do and what they put up with. So there are zero mercenaries in our military. Mercenaries are all about making money they don't care who they fight for who wins or looses they care about themselves and the money.
2006-08-18 10:15:57 · answer #5 · answered by jslewis81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that a number of South African are working in Iraq as (Security personnel).
2006-08-18 08:47:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting question. But thats the bad term.. We like to say hired security or risk management employees
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ill be watching this post
2006-08-18 08:42:02 · answer #7 · answered by redirus91 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not enough as poeple are still being killed by the muslims.
2006-08-18 08:48:32 · answer #8 · answered by mrfoxhorn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are all mercenaries (SOLDIER FOR MONEY = MERCENARY)
No one is not accepting a paycheck.....
2006-08-18 08:41:24 · answer #9 · answered by jonnygaijin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none that I've heard of
2006-08-18 08:39:52 · answer #10 · answered by sealss3006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋