[news] Privatizing Imperialism

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Within (Columbia), various private contractors, some of them intimately 
connected to the circles of power in Washington, work for the U.S. 
government.....Its contractors fumigate coca fields, operate airplanes and 
helicopters for the State Department, organize programs of alternative 
development, repair aircraft and evaluate intelligence information for the 
Colombian Ministry of Defense. This U.S. mini-army also provides pilots, 
technicians and almost every kind of personnel required to wage the war in 
Colombia, including administrative personnel.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/7/2/204938/4333