#mercenary — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mercenary, aggregated by home.social.
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The Mercenary Files by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UXHuiuPaG8Q https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTFMSG3Q What happens when a young woman is tossed into a foreign prison for defending herself? She is given a choice stay in that prison forever or go to work for a secret organization that specializes in contract murder.Meet LaVinda Duvall contract killer or mercenary. You decidehttps://midnight-publishing.org/2026/04/17/the-mercenary-files-by-andrea-dean-van-scoyoc/
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TIL in 1982 William Shatner paid $10,000-15,000 to an ex-Green Beret named Bo Gritz leading a mercenary force on a raid into Laos
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Tyler Rake: An Extraction Story #1 Review — A Bone-Crunching, Bullet-Rattling Blast of Pure Extraction Energy
Ande Parks and Ronan Cliquet deliver a vicious, cinematic first issue that throws Tyler Rake back into the fire and makes sure every...
https://comiccrusaders.com/comic-books/comic-book-previews/tyler-rake-an-extraction-story-1-review/
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Muslim-employed Spanish soldiery of the 12th century AD
https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1879023/muslim-employed-spanish-soldiery-of-the-12th-century-ad
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#usa #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #truce / #uspeaceplan / #mercenary / #privatization
„The U.S. security firm that deployed armed military veterans to Gaza to guard aid sites run by a now-defunct distribution operation is seeking to hire Arabic-speaking #contractors with #combatexperience, according to job listings on its website.“
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#russia has been accused of strapping a #landmine to an #African #mercenary’s chest and ordering him to run through no man’s land as a human bomb to target #Ukrainian fortifications
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/12/russia-using-africans-cannon-fodder-ukraine/
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2booksin52weeks 2026! 1. Set in an Ancient Civilization - Iron Dawn by Matthew Woodring Stover #gamemastersbookclub #ttrpgpodcast #mercenary #ancientworld #fantasyreads #brutality #egyptian #picts #ancientgreece #gritty #ResistPatriarchy #clashofcultures #booksky #bookstagram #booktok
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#Blackwater Successor Hunts #Immigrants for #ICE
#ConstellisHoldings, which traces its roots to #ErikPrince’s #mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a #BountyHunter.by Sam Biddle
January 3 2026Excerpt: "#Constellis was formed in 2014 through the merger of #Academi, previously known as Blackwater, and #TripleCanopy, a rival mercenary contractor. The combined companies and their subsidiaries have reaped billions from contracts for guarding foreign military installations, embassies, and domestic properties, along with work for the Department of Homeland Security [#DHS] and U.S. spy agencies.
"Blackwater, founded in 1997 by Erik Prince, renamed itself multiple times over the years after it sparked international scandal for its violent work in #Iraq. In 2007, Blackwater #mercenaries massacred 14 #civilians in #Baghdad; several of its contractors serving prison sentences for the killings were pardoned by President Donald #Trump in 2020."Prince resigned as CEO of Blackwater in 2009, and Constellis says it has no relationship with him.
"Though there are no ties between them, Constellis’s move to serve as a bounty hunter for ICE aligns with Prince’s reported interest in privatizing immigration enforcement.
"The government has so far paid Constellis $1.5 million, with the potential for the total to grow to more than $113 million.
"In February, Politico reported that Prince — a longtime and steadfast Trump ally — was among a group of military contractors who urged the federal government to employ a '#SkipTracingTeam' and 'bounty program which provides a cash reward' to incentivize the rapid tracking of immigrants. The proposal suggested that, due to a lack of federal manpower, ICE should deputize private citizens to help track down immigrants."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/8sHUN#NoHumanIsIllegal #ResistICE #HuntingImmigrants #ErikPrinceColonialism #ErikPrinceIsWarCriminal #TrumpIsAWarCriminal #USPol #TrumpSucks #ChristoFascism
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Doodle of a landsknecht mercenary (right) against a Swedish militiaman (left), drawn in 1502 AD
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I watched a documentary on the recent history of African states and the name of #MikeHoare appeared.
Mike Hoare is often remembered as a “gentleman #mercenary”. That reputation says far more about Western #ColdWar myth-making than about the damage #mercenaries inflicted on post-colonial #Africa. 🧵
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As #Russia’s #Africa Corps fights in #Mali, witnesses describe #atrocities from beheadings to rapes
A new Russian military unit that replaced the Wagner #mercenary group is carrying out abuses including rapes & beheadings as it teams up with Mali ‘s #military to hunt down extremists, dozens of civilians who fled the fighting have told The AP.
#law #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #rape #murder #SVAC #CRSV #Putin #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/mali-russia-africa-corps-mauritania-refugees-abuses-2935dd1b50397242a968f69e1dde61f2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-13-One+Must-Read -
Mercenary
That guy may have quite a fancy spaceship, but his security was a laugh and more of a nuisance than a problem. Those testosterone-filled augments tend to underestimate her, an error you only make once. The target was posing as a honored member of the senate, but in truth trafficking humans and aliens of any gender, selling highly addictive synth-drugs and military-grade energy weapons to the highest bidder through his clandestine organisation. That would end today. It's her job. She's good at it.
#IllustratedNanoSciFi
#render #renderedArt #3DRender #CGI #CGArt #3DArt #SciFi #ScienceFiction #MastoArt #MastoArt3D #FediArt #Xanathon #art #3D #DAZ #DAZStudio #DAZ3D #Mercenary -
The Guard Of The Guild
https://comms.centaurworks.art/
https://ko-fi.com/A8852D7
https://centaurworks.art/#linktreeCharacter (https://toyhou.se/22118954.bethany-belsante) © @CentaurWorks
Bethany's job is simple but not often taken, that of a traveling guard for members of the Mercenaries' Guild. She often travels from outpost to outpost/inn. In exchange for food, bed and board, she focuses on protecting any place Guild-post. Often Extra Muscles that can be greatly appreciated. Essentially grunt work that goes overlooked but beyond appreciated by the people around her.
Inspired by MiraiHikariArt's art piece of Kisara from Tales of Arise, I wanted to have a piece where it showcased Bethany guarding one of the Guilds' locations. Getting the pose and the angle was the key thing in my mind, and trying to render the cake was something I was worried about. However, while everything else was improvised, I'm immensely proud of the cameos of Gwynfor and Haera, both my own characters. How they were done were a simple painted format, going over the sketch, using one type of brush. The result is honestly enthusiastically inspiring and makes me want to try again in a bigger image. The background being Autumn was due to a combination of the season at the time of creation, as well as wanting to match with the sunrise as well as Bethany's orange hair.
#MastoArt #guard #autumn #sunrise #longhair #ass #cake #mercenary #glow #art #art2025 #digitalart #digitalartwork #artwork #CentaurWorks #OC #anime #animestyle #animeartstyle #originalcharacter #clipstudiospaint
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654 members of the Russian private military companies Wagner and Redut are suspected of war crimes #warcrimes #wagner #redut #russia #mercenary #war #Ukraine www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/...
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#America's #military: from #national #defense to #Trump's #mercenary #soldiersOfFortune in one fell swoop.
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A Donor-Funded #Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal—It Would be Dangerous - https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/10/trump-donor-funded-military/684713/ -
Practical Defenses Against Technofascism by Micah Lee.
This is a must watch, to develop a security culture in your community
"Watch my BSidesPDX keynote where I spoke honestly and frankly about the terrifying reality that Americans are facing under Trump's fascist regime, alongside practical advise for communities to defend themselves"
https://micahflee.com/practical-defenses-against-technofascism/
#Technofascism #Fascism #Fascist #Malware #Spyware #Censorship #Pegasus #BSidesPDX #Frog #Trump #mercenary #mercenaries #Imperialism #surveillance #assassination #genocide
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“Israel-US so-called ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ ‘vanishes into thin air’”
by Skwawkbox @thecanaryuk
@[email protected]
@[email protected]“GHF is over! Israel’s mercenary proxy group vanished into thin air this morning.
Every single person that’s ever worked there must face trial for the sadistic murder of more than 2,500 starving civilians; they lured them with a promise of food then gunned them down, daily!”
#Press #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #GHF #Murder #WarCrimes #Mercenary
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#Apple Announces $2 Million #BugBounty Reward for the Most Dangerous #Exploits
With the #mercenary #spyware industry booming, Apple VP Ivan Krstić tells WIRED that the company is also offering bonuses that could bring the max total reward for #iPhone exploits to $5 million.
#security #privacy #surveillancehttps://www.wired.com/story/apple-announces-2-million-bug-bounty-reward/
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I love when amerikkkan #veterans say shit like "I got my dick blown off in #AFGHANISTAN! " as some sort of credential for whatever bullshit they wanna say like not only are you a disgusting #mercenary you are also a shitty one lmfao armed to the teeth by one of the biggest #empires in the $world and still they got your ass! CLOWN!
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Since #Trump's return to the White House, #ErikPrince has advised #Ecuador on how to fight criminal gangs & struck a deal with the Democratic Republic of #Congo to help secure & tax its #mineral wealth.
“It’s hard to imagine them operating without the consent of the Trump administration,” said Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, head of the #Haiti program at Geneva-based Global Initiative Against Transnational #OrganizedCrime [#GITOC].
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#ErikPrince, a former US Navy Seal, founded the #Blackwater military security [#mercenary] firm in 1997. He sold the company in 2010 after Blackwater employees were #convicted of unlawfully killing [murdering] 14 unarmed #civilians while escorting a US embassy convoy in Baghdad's Nisour Square [#NisourSquareMassacre]. The men received #pardons from #Trump during his first term in the White House.
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…Vectus began operating in #Haiti in March, deploying mainly drones in coordination with a task force led by the prime minister….
A person familiar…told Reuters that Vectus would intensify its fight against the criminal gangs that control large swathes of Haiti in the coming weeks, deploying several hundred fighters from the US, Europe & El Salvador who are trained as snipers & specialists in intelligence & communications, as well as helicopters & boats.
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#Trump ally #ErikPrince plans to keep forces in #Haiti for 10 years to fight gangs & *collect taxes*
In an interview, Prince said his company, Vectus Global, reached a 10 year agreement with the Haitian govt to fight criminal gangs & set up a tax collection system. After the security situation is stabilized, the firm would be involved in designing & implementing a program to tax goods imported across Haiti's border with the #DominicanRepublic.
#Mercenary #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-ally-erik-prince-plans-keep-forces-haiti-10-years-fight-gangs-collect-2025-08-14/ -
Why are there no options for #mercenary battalions in #Gaza, like there were during the #Balkan wars of the 1990s? The answer lies in geography, politics, and modern security. 🧵👇
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Saturday, July 19, 2025
A US general just threatened Russia’s Kaliningrad & this is why that’s so significant — Ukrainian hackers wipe databases at Russia’s Gazprom in major cyberattack — Ukrainian forces ‘steadfastly’ holding defenses near Pokrovsk — Ukrainian artist’s Sculpture series normalizes injured bodies of Ukraine’s soldiers … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/saturday-july-19-2025/
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Todays #workoutpost with #Doubledealer! I realized i rarely take photos of this guy and thought it was time to fix that. #transformersearthrise #transformers #toyphotography #photography #mercenary #autobot #decepticon #nature #naturephotography #weightlifting #weightlossjourney #fitness #exercises
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What do #VanceBoelter and #ErikPrince have in common? Quite a bit! But Prince prefers to farm out #Assassinations to his minions!
#Theocratic #Mercenary Erik Prince and the #ChristianRight
by Mike Kuhlenbeck • 19 June 2018
"Erik Dean Prince was born in Holland, Michigan, on June 6, 1969, the youngest child and only son of Edgar and Elsa Prince, who also had daughters Betsy, Emilie, and Eileen. As documented by author Suzanne Simons in her 2009 book Master of War: #Blackwater USA’s Erik Prince and the Business of War, Prince grew up in a religious household and attended Christian schools; the Princes were members of the Reformed Church in America, a conservative Christian sect that follows the philosophical template of theologian John Calvin.
"Edgar Prince worked as a die caster and then chief engineer for the die cast machine manufacturing outfit Buss Machine Works after serving in the US Air Force. In 1965 he and two co-workers struck out on their own to establish Prince Manufacturing. By the 1970s the company expanded its operations and became financially successful, as did the Prince family. Edgar Prince died of heart failure in 1995, and the company was sold to Johnson Controls for over $1 billion.
"Surrounded by those who share their belief in Christian-based politics, the Prince family has used its fortune to help build the #ConservativeChristian movement. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and Richard Nixon’s disgraced former special counsel Charles Colson (who became a born-again Christian after serving seven months in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal) were family friends. Edgar and Elsa Prince were major contributors to the Family Research Council and founded the nonprofit Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation in 1979, substantial funds from which have gone toward the effort to abolish the legal wall separating church and state. The Prince family also has deep ties to the Council for National Policy (#CNP) which, according to its vision statement, supports “a united conservative movement to assure, by 2020, policy leadership and governance that restores religious and economic freedom, a strong national defense, and #JudeoChristian values under the Constitution.”
"From Reverend #BillyGraham’s “spiritual counsel” to twelve US presidents, to Reverend #JerryFalwell’s #MoralMajority movement of the 1970s and ’80s, to Marion Gordon #PatRobertson’s #ChristianCoalition (now the #ChristianCoalitionOfAmerica), the movement to push a #fundamentalist “Judeo-Christian” agenda into the public sphere has been an ongoing crusade. Keeping with family tradition, Erik Prince’s sister Betsy married fellow Christian right figure Dick DeVos, whose father is the founder of Amway and the past president of the CNP from 1990-1993. Betsy DeVos served as the chair of the Michigan Republican Party and now serves as US Secretary of Education under Donald Trump. The DeVos dynasty, labelled a “family of extremists” by the Center for American Progress, is undoubtedly having an influence on the Trump White House."
#ChristoFascists #ChristoFascism #Mercenaries #PrivateSecurity #MAGA #MAGADeathCult #RightWing #ViolentExtremists
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
How Russia’s Shaheds are getting more dangerous & what Ukraine is doing about it — Three years into full-scale war, Eurovision still hasn’t solved its Russia problem — Moscow questions Kyiv’s authority, says Ukraine’s choice of signatory key to any peace deal — Ukrainian drones strike Russian ammunition depot in occupied Crimea … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/sunday-may-18-2025/
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
How Russia’s Shaheds are getting more dangerous & what Ukraine is doing about it — Three years into full-scale war, Eurovision still hasn’t solved its Russia problem — Moscow questions Kyiv’s authority, says Ukraine’s choice of signatory key to any peace deal — Ukrainian drones strike Russian ammunition depot in occupied Crimea … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/sunday-may-18-2025/
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
How Russia’s Shaheds are getting more dangerous & what Ukraine is doing about it — Three years into full-scale war, Eurovision still hasn’t solved its Russia problem — Moscow questions Kyiv’s authority, says Ukraine’s choice of signatory key to any peace deal — Ukrainian drones strike Russian ammunition depot in occupied Crimea … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/sunday-may-18-2025/
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
How Russia’s Shaheds are getting more dangerous & what Ukraine is doing about it — Three years into full-scale war, Eurovision still hasn’t solved its Russia problem — Moscow questions Kyiv’s authority, says Ukraine’s choice of signatory key to any peace deal — Ukrainian drones strike Russian ammunition depot in occupied Crimea … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/sunday-may-18-2025/
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Sunday, May 18, 2025
How Russia’s Shaheds are getting more dangerous & what Ukraine is doing about it — Three years into full-scale war, Eurovision still hasn’t solved its Russia problem — Moscow questions Kyiv’s authority, says Ukraine’s choice of signatory key to any peace deal — Ukrainian drones strike Russian ammunition depot in occupied Crimea … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/sunday-may-18-2025/
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If it’s a good script I’ll do it. And if it’s a bad script, and they pay me enough, I’ll do it.
George Burns (1896-1996) American comedian
Interview (1988-11-02), “Gracie Allen Still Steals the Show,” by Mervyn Rothstein, New York TimesSourcing, notes: wist.info/burns-george/75703/
#quote #quotes #quotation #employment #income #mercenary #job #pay #paycheck #profession #quality #work
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Another major development in Gaza today is that an American mercenary outfit is now operating in Gaza in areas that the IOF wishes to continue controlling. This group is likely staffed by Americans.
The US based mercenaries were seen driving white trucks and being guided by IOF soldiers to where they will be stationed.
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A quotation from Watterson, Bill:
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CALVIN: If I’ve learned one thing in life, it’s that everyone has his price. Raise the ante high enough and there’s no such thing as scruples! People will do anything if the price is right!
HOBBES: What’s your price?
CALVIN: Two bucks cold cash up front.
HOBBES: I don’t know which is worse, … that everyone has his pric…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/watterson-bill/4085/#quote #quotes #quotation #bribery #mercenary #price #payoff
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Apple warns iPhone users in 98 countries about spyware attacks
https://stackdiary.com/apple-warns-iphone-users-in-98-countries-about-spyware-attacks/
#Apple #iPhone #Spyware #Security #Alert #Warning #Cybersecurity #Protection #Hackers #Technology #Digital #Privacy #Threat #Safety #Notification #Cyberattack #Lockdown #Update #Passcode #Authentication #Malware #Vigilance #TechNews #AppleID #OnlineSafety #DeviceSecurity #Mercenary #ExpertHelp #Encryption #Software #DataProtection
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Rachel Maddow's A-block tonight is a delightfully brutal take-down of #Trump's desperately #mercenary #moneygrubbing to pay his legal bonds -- including his now whole-heartedly supporting conservative bete-noir #BudLight and (regardless of what's going on bi-partisanly in Congress, and his own past record) #TikTok -- both of which have deep pockets that are now giving him financial support.
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Is a leader of a #mercenary organisation a gang leader?
Mercenary
adjective: primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
"the crime was committed out of mercenary motives"noun: a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
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Today #Mercenary & #HateSphere will perform at Patronaat* !
🔥https://patronaat.nl/event/hatesphere-mercenary-opener-13-02-24/
For everyone who is going: have fun😊!
I have so much FOMO, but unfortunately I couldn't arrange to be "free" tonight : (
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*Merch = gifted
#metal #metalhead #metalgirl #metalmusic #metalband #concert #nederland #oktoberpromotion #rockmusic #band #metalcd #metalmerch🤘✌️
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Today #Mercenary & #HateSphere will perform at Patronaat* !
🔥https://patronaat.nl/event/hatesphere-mercenary-opener-13-02-24/
For everyone who is going: have fun😊!
I have so much FOMO, but unfortunately I couldn't arrange to be "free" tonight : (
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*Merch = gifted
#metal #metalhead #metalgirl #metalmusic #metalband #concert #nederland #oktoberpromotion #rockmusic #band #metalcd #metalmerch🤘✌️
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Today #Mercenary & #HateSphere will perform at Patronaat* !
🔥https://patronaat.nl/event/hatesphere-mercenary-opener-13-02-24/
For everyone who is going: have fun😊!
I have so much FOMO, but unfortunately I couldn't arrange to be "free" tonight : (
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*Merch = gifted
#metal #metalhead #metalgirl #metalmusic #metalband #concert #nederland #oktoberpromotion #rockmusic #band #metalcd #metalmerch🤘✌️
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Today #Mercenary & #HateSphere will perform at Patronaat* !
🔥https://patronaat.nl/event/hatesphere-mercenary-opener-13-02-24/
For everyone who is going: have fun😊!
I have so much FOMO, but unfortunately I couldn't arrange to be "free" tonight : (
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*Merch = gifted
#metal #metalhead #metalgirl #metalmusic #metalband #concert #nederland #oktoberpromotion #rockmusic #band #metalcd #metalmerch🤘✌️
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Today #Mercenary & #HateSphere will perform at Patronaat* !
🔥https://patronaat.nl/event/hatesphere-mercenary-opener-13-02-24/
For everyone who is going: have fun😊!
I have so much FOMO, but unfortunately I couldn't arrange to be "free" tonight : (
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*Merch = gifted
#metal #metalhead #metalgirl #metalmusic #metalband #concert #nederland #oktoberpromotion #rockmusic #band #metalcd #metalmerch🤘✌️
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Commission done for skyraidernimrod2 on Deviantart https://www.deviantart.com/skyraidernimrod2/ about her character Sabine. The spy is about to be chloroformed by a mercenary
#art #fanart #artwork #commission #commissionopen #artoftheday #nautilebleu #oc #owncharacter #artistsupportingartists #originalcharacter #characterart #redhead #spy #merc #mercenary #fediart #mastart #creativetoots
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CW: Long thread/5
#10yrsago #TSA admits “terrorists in America are not plotting against aviation” https://professional-troublemaker.com/2013/10/17/tsa-admits-in-leaked-doc-no-evidence-of-terrorist-plots-against-aviation-in-us/
#5yrsago A data-driven look at the devastating efficacy of a far-right judge-education program https://elliottash.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ash-Chen-Naidu-Ideas-Have-Consequences-Impact-Law-Economics-American-Justice.pdf
#5yrsago US veterans operate in #Yemen as #mercenary assassins for Middle Eastern autocrats https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/mercenaries-assassination-us-yemen-uae-spear-golan-dahlan
#5yrsago #Slaves – including children – make the bricks for #Cambodia’s #HousingBubble https://static1.squarespace.com/static/596df9f8d1758e3b451e0fb2/t/5bc4d7cdc83025e41e7b10a0/1539627177544/Blood+bricks+high+res+v2.pdf
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Security Firm Running #DakotaAccessPipeline Intelligence Has Ties to U.S. Military Work in #Iraq and #Afghanistan
By Steve Horn
Oct 28, 2016"#TigerSwan is one of several security firms under investigation for its work guarding the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota while potentially without a permit. Besides this recent work on the #StandingRockSioux protests in #NorthDakota, this company has offices in Iraq and Afghanistan and is run by a special forces Army veteran.
"According to a summary of the investigation, TigerSwan 'is in charge of Dakota Access intelligence and supervises the overall security.'
"The Morton County, North Dakota, Sheriff’s Department also recently concluded that another security company, Frost Kennels, operated in the state while unlicensed to do so and could face criminal charges. The firm’s attack dogs bit #protesters at a heated Labor Day weekend protest.
"Law enforcement and private security at the North Dakota pipeline protests have faced criticism for maintaining a militarized presence in the area. The American Civil Liberties Union (#ACLU) and National Lawyer’s Guild have filed multiple open records requests to learn more about the extent of this #militarization, and over 133,000 citizens have signed a petition calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene and quell the backlash.
"The Federal Aviation Administration has also implemented a no-fly zone, which bars anyone but law enforcement from flying within a 4-mile radius and 3500 feet above the ground in the protest area. #DallasGoldtooth, an organizer on the scenes in North Dakota with the #IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork, said on Facebook that '#DAPL private security planes and choppers were flying all day' within the designated no-fly zone.
"Donnell Hushka, the designated public information officer for the North Dakota Tactical Operation Center, which is tasked with overseeing the no-fly zone, did not respond to repeated queries about designated private entities allowed to fly in no-fly zone airspace.
"What is TigerSwan?
"TigerSwan has offices in Iraq, Afghanistan, #Jordan, #SaudiArabia, #India, and #LatinAmerica and has headquarters in North Carolina. In the past year, TigerSwan won two U.S. Department of State contracts worth over $7 million to operate in Afghanistan, according to USASpending.gov.
"TigerSwan, however, claims on its website that the contract is worth $25 million, and said in a press release that the State Department contract called for the company to 'monitor, assess, and advise current and future nation building and stability initiatives in Afghanistan.' Since 2008, TigerSwan has won about $57.7 million worth of U.S. government contracts and subcontracts for security services.
"Company founder and CEO James Reese, a veteran of the elite Army Delta Force, served as the 'lead advisor for Special Operations to the Director of the CIA for planning, operations and integration for the invasion of Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom' in Iraq, according to his company biography. Army Delta partakes in mostly covert and high-stakes missions and is part of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the latter well known for killing Osama Bin Laden.
"One of TigerSwan’s advisory board members, Charles Pittman, has direct ties to the #OilAndGasIndustry. Pittman “served as President of #Amoco Egypt Oil Company, Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company, and Regional President BP Amoco plc. (covering the #MiddleEast, the Caspian Sea region, Egypt, and India),' according to his company biography.
'Sad, But Not Surprising'
"Investigative journalist #JeremyScahill told #DemocracyNow! in a 2009 interview that TigerSwan did some covert operations work with #Blackwater USA, dubbed the 'world’s most powerful #mercenary army' in his book by the same name. Blackwater has also guarded #OilPipelines in central #Asia, according to Scahill’s book.
"Reese advised Blackwater and took a leave of absence from TigerSwan in 2008 in the aftermath of the #NisourSquareMassacre, a shooting in Iraq conducted by Blackwater officers which saw 17 Iraqi civilians killed. TigerSwan has a business relationship with Babylon Eagles Security Company, a private security firm headquartered in Iraq which also has had business ties with Blackwater.
"'It is sad, but not surprising, that this firm has ties to the US interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq,' Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group #CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group #GlobalExchange, told DeSmog. 'It is another terrifying example of how our violent interventions abroad come home to haunt us in the form of repression and violation of our civil rights.'
"The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Private Investigation and Security Board are also conducting parallel investigations to the one recently completed by Morton County. TigerSwan did not comment on questions posed about their contract."
https://www.desmog.com/2016/10/28/private-security-firm-dakota-access-iraq-afghanistan-blackwater/
#TigerSwan #BigOil #NoDAPL #Blackwater #HumanRights #Covert #Corporatism #CIA #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism #ACAB #ErikPrince #ErikPrinceColonialism
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Security Firm Running #DakotaAccessPipeline Intelligence Has Ties to U.S. Military Work in #Iraq and #Afghanistan
By Steve Horn
Oct 28, 2016"#TigerSwan is one of several security firms under investigation for its work guarding the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota while potentially without a permit. Besides this recent work on the #StandingRockSioux protests in #NorthDakota, this company has offices in Iraq and Afghanistan and is run by a special forces Army veteran.
"According to a summary of the investigation, TigerSwan 'is in charge of Dakota Access intelligence and supervises the overall security.'
"The Morton County, North Dakota, Sheriff’s Department also recently concluded that another security company, Frost Kennels, operated in the state while unlicensed to do so and could face criminal charges. The firm’s attack dogs bit #protesters at a heated Labor Day weekend protest.
"Law enforcement and private security at the North Dakota pipeline protests have faced criticism for maintaining a militarized presence in the area. The American Civil Liberties Union (#ACLU) and National Lawyer’s Guild have filed multiple open records requests to learn more about the extent of this #militarization, and over 133,000 citizens have signed a petition calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene and quell the backlash.
"The Federal Aviation Administration has also implemented a no-fly zone, which bars anyone but law enforcement from flying within a 4-mile radius and 3500 feet above the ground in the protest area. #DallasGoldtooth, an organizer on the scenes in North Dakota with the #IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork, said on Facebook that '#DAPL private security planes and choppers were flying all day' within the designated no-fly zone.
"Donnell Hushka, the designated public information officer for the North Dakota Tactical Operation Center, which is tasked with overseeing the no-fly zone, did not respond to repeated queries about designated private entities allowed to fly in no-fly zone airspace.
"What is TigerSwan?
"TigerSwan has offices in Iraq, Afghanistan, #Jordan, #SaudiArabia, #India, and #LatinAmerica and has headquarters in North Carolina. In the past year, TigerSwan won two U.S. Department of State contracts worth over $7 million to operate in Afghanistan, according to USASpending.gov.
"TigerSwan, however, claims on its website that the contract is worth $25 million, and said in a press release that the State Department contract called for the company to 'monitor, assess, and advise current and future nation building and stability initiatives in Afghanistan.' Since 2008, TigerSwan has won about $57.7 million worth of U.S. government contracts and subcontracts for security services.
"Company founder and CEO James Reese, a veteran of the elite Army Delta Force, served as the 'lead advisor for Special Operations to the Director of the CIA for planning, operations and integration for the invasion of Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom' in Iraq, according to his company biography. Army Delta partakes in mostly covert and high-stakes missions and is part of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the latter well known for killing Osama Bin Laden.
"One of TigerSwan’s advisory board members, Charles Pittman, has direct ties to the #OilAndGasIndustry. Pittman “served as President of #Amoco Egypt Oil Company, Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company, and Regional President BP Amoco plc. (covering the #MiddleEast, the Caspian Sea region, Egypt, and India),' according to his company biography.
'Sad, But Not Surprising'
"Investigative journalist #JeremyScahill told #DemocracyNow! in a 2009 interview that TigerSwan did some covert operations work with #Blackwater USA, dubbed the 'world’s most powerful #mercenary army' in his book by the same name. Blackwater has also guarded #OilPipelines in central #Asia, according to Scahill’s book.
"Reese advised Blackwater and took a leave of absence from TigerSwan in 2008 in the aftermath of the #NisourSquareMassacre, a shooting in Iraq conducted by Blackwater officers which saw 17 Iraqi civilians killed. TigerSwan has a business relationship with Babylon Eagles Security Company, a private security firm headquartered in Iraq which also has had business ties with Blackwater.
"'It is sad, but not surprising, that this firm has ties to the US interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq,' Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group #CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group #GlobalExchange, told DeSmog. 'It is another terrifying example of how our violent interventions abroad come home to haunt us in the form of repression and violation of our civil rights.'
"The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Private Investigation and Security Board are also conducting parallel investigations to the one recently completed by Morton County. TigerSwan did not comment on questions posed about their contract."
https://www.desmog.com/2016/10/28/private-security-firm-dakota-access-iraq-afghanistan-blackwater/
#TigerSwan #BigOil #NoDAPL #Blackwater #HumanRights #Covert #Corporatism #CIA #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism #ACAB #ErikPrince #ErikPrinceColonialism
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Security Firm Running #DakotaAccessPipeline Intelligence Has Ties to U.S. Military Work in #Iraq and #Afghanistan
By Steve Horn
Oct 28, 2016"#TigerSwan is one of several security firms under investigation for its work guarding the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota while potentially without a permit. Besides this recent work on the #StandingRockSioux protests in #NorthDakota, this company has offices in Iraq and Afghanistan and is run by a special forces Army veteran.
"According to a summary of the investigation, TigerSwan 'is in charge of Dakota Access intelligence and supervises the overall security.'
"The Morton County, North Dakota, Sheriff’s Department also recently concluded that another security company, Frost Kennels, operated in the state while unlicensed to do so and could face criminal charges. The firm’s attack dogs bit #protesters at a heated Labor Day weekend protest.
"Law enforcement and private security at the North Dakota pipeline protests have faced criticism for maintaining a militarized presence in the area. The American Civil Liberties Union (#ACLU) and National Lawyer’s Guild have filed multiple open records requests to learn more about the extent of this #militarization, and over 133,000 citizens have signed a petition calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene and quell the backlash.
"The Federal Aviation Administration has also implemented a no-fly zone, which bars anyone but law enforcement from flying within a 4-mile radius and 3500 feet above the ground in the protest area. #DallasGoldtooth, an organizer on the scenes in North Dakota with the #IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork, said on Facebook that '#DAPL private security planes and choppers were flying all day' within the designated no-fly zone.
"Donnell Hushka, the designated public information officer for the North Dakota Tactical Operation Center, which is tasked with overseeing the no-fly zone, did not respond to repeated queries about designated private entities allowed to fly in no-fly zone airspace.
"What is TigerSwan?
"TigerSwan has offices in Iraq, Afghanistan, #Jordan, #SaudiArabia, #India, and #LatinAmerica and has headquarters in North Carolina. In the past year, TigerSwan won two U.S. Department of State contracts worth over $7 million to operate in Afghanistan, according to USASpending.gov.
"TigerSwan, however, claims on its website that the contract is worth $25 million, and said in a press release that the State Department contract called for the company to 'monitor, assess, and advise current and future nation building and stability initiatives in Afghanistan.' Since 2008, TigerSwan has won about $57.7 million worth of U.S. government contracts and subcontracts for security services.
"Company founder and CEO James Reese, a veteran of the elite Army Delta Force, served as the 'lead advisor for Special Operations to the Director of the CIA for planning, operations and integration for the invasion of Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom' in Iraq, according to his company biography. Army Delta partakes in mostly covert and high-stakes missions and is part of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the latter well known for killing Osama Bin Laden.
"One of TigerSwan’s advisory board members, Charles Pittman, has direct ties to the #OilAndGasIndustry. Pittman “served as President of #Amoco Egypt Oil Company, Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company, and Regional President BP Amoco plc. (covering the #MiddleEast, the Caspian Sea region, Egypt, and India),' according to his company biography.
'Sad, But Not Surprising'
"Investigative journalist #JeremyScahill told #DemocracyNow! in a 2009 interview that TigerSwan did some covert operations work with #Blackwater USA, dubbed the 'world’s most powerful #mercenary army' in his book by the same name. Blackwater has also guarded #OilPipelines in central #Asia, according to Scahill’s book.
"Reese advised Blackwater and took a leave of absence from TigerSwan in 2008 in the aftermath of the #NisourSquareMassacre, a shooting in Iraq conducted by Blackwater officers which saw 17 Iraqi civilians killed. TigerSwan has a business relationship with Babylon Eagles Security Company, a private security firm headquartered in Iraq which also has had business ties with Blackwater.
"'It is sad, but not surprising, that this firm has ties to the US interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq,' Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group #CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group #GlobalExchange, told DeSmog. 'It is another terrifying example of how our violent interventions abroad come home to haunt us in the form of repression and violation of our civil rights.'
"The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Private Investigation and Security Board are also conducting parallel investigations to the one recently completed by Morton County. TigerSwan did not comment on questions posed about their contract."
https://www.desmog.com/2016/10/28/private-security-firm-dakota-access-iraq-afghanistan-blackwater/
#TigerSwan #BigOil #NoDAPL #Blackwater #HumanRights #Covert #Corporatism #CIA #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism #ACAB #ErikPrince #ErikPrinceColonialism
