We've tracked Black Friday washing machines prices from Argos, AO.com, Currys PC World and John Lewis advertised between 17 and 19 November to reveal our pick of those that yield a real discount – and the ones that don't.
Our snapshot pricing investigation exposed a number of products that were cheaper in the preceding six months at one of the major retailers (Argos, AO.com, Currys PC World or John Lewis).
We also discovered that the washing quality from the models being promoted, regardless of the saving, really varied when we put them to the test; proving that what seems like a bargain in store, could leave you with a dud washing machine at home.
Black Friday deal prices are constantly shifting. Make sure you check our washing machine reviews before you buy to see if it's a bargain.
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This Samsung washer uses Ecobubble technology – a process that mixes your detergent and water before it goes into the drum. The idea is to improve cleaning power and to make the machine easier to use.
It comes with a 9kg drum, which is perfect if you like to wash your clothes in bulk. Although, this also means that it's boasts larger dimension than most washing machines. Remember this if you're planning to squeeze your new appliance into a compact kitchen.
The average monthly price for this three-year-old model over the past six months has been just under £550. But AO.com has listed it for £419 for Black Friday – giving you an impressive saving of £130.
But does it remove stains and rinse clothes well? Our full Samsung WW90J6410CWreview reveals all.
The selection of specialised wash programs sets this model apart from others on the market. Along with all the usual – cottons, delicates, eco etc – you'll also find settings for denim, duvet and outdoor wear.
Even better, John Lewis also claims that the A+++ start rating for this model makes it super-efficient to run – which implies the savings won't stop after you take it home.
£319 is the best price we've ever seen for this washing machine, with it typically costing £399 or more over the past six months.
But none of that matters if it can't clean your clothes to a high enough standard. Find out if this is a bargain worth bagging in our John Lewis washing machine review.
If you're planning on pushing the boat out this Black Friday, then the Miele WWE660, a washing machine costing upwards of £800 could be for you.
Jam-packed with impressive tech, the TwinDos has wi-fi capability and an auto-dose function, which means you don't have to top up detergent every time you set a wash.
The average price for this model is £929, so getting your hands on one for £845 will give you a big saving. And let's face it, any discount on that price would be welcome.
Is it really worth it, though? Our Miele WWE660 TwinDos review reveals all.
Don't panic purchase. Jump straight to our Best Buy washing machines to do your research before choosing your new washer.
While you can find many good deals during the Black Friday sales period, there is also a high chance you could invest in a product that is cheaper at other times of the year.
For example, the Indesit IWME127, an integrated washing machine that launched back in 2014 has been on sale for most of the year at around £239. But in the run up to Black Friday we've spotted it at Argos for £299.
The recently launched Bosch Serie 6 i-Dos is being promoted at Currys PC World. Our tracking showed an average monthly price for this model across retailers was £379, but it's currently on offer for £569 – that's £190 more than you could have previously bought it for.
Currys PC World has also advertised the Zanussi ZWF81441W at £289. But this is actually £38 more than the average monthly price across retailers and a whopping £75 more than the lowest we've seen it sold for (£214).
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It was enough to melt the most cynical among us. Amongst the backdrop of the setting sun, a crowd of over 500 silently raised their arms and waved in appreciation as half a dozen young riders overcoming a variety of physical and mental disabilities slowly circulated on horseback. The waving replaced clapping so as not to spook the horses, and accompanied by a soundtrack and the heartfelt commentary of a mother to one of the program's riders, the evening's mission was underscored with deep emotion: horses are healing, and Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center is an amazing healer for so many.
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This one night, brilliantly choreographed by Sonoma Horse Park manager Ashley Herman and a dedicated organizing committee from Giant Steps, raises the lions share of Giant Steps' annual operating cost. Auctioneer Mariana Gantus Joseph of Christie's commanded the live auction, which featured items such as a trip to Ireland, a private dinner with chef Gary Danko, and of course, a two-day private clinic with Rich Fellers, outfitted by H&S. But it was the annual fundraising for Giant Steps rider scholarships that made the most impact. Soon after the Giant Steps riders showcased their skills in the mounted demonstration, audience member Fred Furth stepped up and issued a challenge to the crowd to match his $25,000 donation to fund the annual scholarships. His donation was matched, and matched, and when the night concluded, many hundreds of thousands of dollars had been pledged to continue the work of Giant Steps.
As guests turned back to their wine and gourmet filet mignon, six riders competed for bragging rights and prize money in the $10,000 Gucci Six Bar. Two amateurs took the title this year in equal first; Sabine Cooper on Lancaster, and Gabrielle Cintrelli on Famko 5 both cleared 1.80m as sunset turned into nightfall.
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The national anthem as sung by this talented boy's choir.
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The Helsinki Headline Goal was a military capability target set for 2003 during the December 1999 Helsinki European Council meeting with the aim of developing a future European Rapid Reaction Force. There was much interest in the idea of a single EU military force, and inexact characterisations of the initiative (which was not   much more than some headquarters arrangements and a list of theoretically available national forces) led to imprecise journalistic depictions about a unified European army.

The Headline Goal was built upon an earlier bilateral Franco-British Joint Declaration adopted at St. Malo in December 1998. The St. Malo Declaration said that the European Union ought to have the capability for "autonomous action backed up by credible military forces" as part of a common defence policy. The St. Malo Declaration laid the political foundation between France and the United Kingdom, which in turn facilitated the launch of the European Security and Defence Policy and the formulation of the Headline Goal.

In 2004, a new target was set: the "Headline Goal 2010". To update the initial declaration in December 1999, the formal agreement on the Headline Goal was reached on 22 November 2004 and according to statements made by EU officials the first units will be deployable in 2007. Since 1 January 2007, 60,000 soldiers have been available for a possible European Rapid Reaction Force who are potentially able to be deployed for at least a year.

Headline Goal 2003
Under this plan, the European Union pledged itself during the Helsinki summit to be able to deploy rapidly and then sustain forces capable of the full range of Petersberg tasks (as set out in the Amsterdam Treaty), including the most demanding, in operations up to corps level (up to 15 brigades or 50,000-60,000 persons) to be capable of intervening in any crisis that could occur in an area where European interests are affected. The aim was to make those forces self-reliant, able to deploy within 60 days and over , and sustainable in the field for a year. This means the force would actually have to number around 180,000 troops so as to provide rotating replacements for the initial forces. The Petersberg tasks include humanitarian and rescue tasks; peacekeeping tasks; and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking. EU-led forces assembled in response to a crisis would last only for the duration of the crisis and it would be up to the member states themselves to decide whether, when and how to contribute troops.

The Petersberg tasks, which outline the duties of the ERRF, have been expanded from humanitarian, rescue, and peacekeeping and peacemaking to include 'joint disarmament operation', 'military advice and assistance tasks' and 'post-conflict stabilisation'. It also states that, "all these tasks may contribute to the fight against terrorism, including by supporting third countries in combating terrorism in their territories."

Headline Force Catalogue
From the Petersberg task scenarios envisaged, the EU Military Staff generated the "Helsinki Headline Catalogue" which specifies which capabilities are required in each of 144 capability areas. In November 2000, the European Union held a Capabilities Commitment Conference in Brussels, which elicited commitments for over 100,000 (existing) troops that were declared available for what became known as the Helsinki Force Catalogue. A year later, a Capabilities Improvement Conference was held during which further military forces and 5,000 police were added to the catalogue.

European Capability Action Plan
During the December 2001 Laeken summit, the EU launched the European Capabilities Action Plan (ECAP) to remedy European capability shortfalls. It involved initially some 20 panels composed of military experts from the member states which put forward plans and proposals to fill the identified shortfalls (e.g., by acquiring new equipment or optimising existing capabilities, in particular through cooperation at European level).

Headline Goal 2010

As the Helsinki Headline Goal became fulfilled, the European Council of June 2004 approved to further develop the EU's military crisis management capability and a new target was set: the "Headline Goal 2010". EU members made the commitment that by the year 2010, at the latest, they would be capable of responding "with swift and decisive action applying a fully coherent approach" to the whole spectrum of crisis management operations covered by the Treaty of the EU and the 2003 EU Security Strategy (i.e. humanitarian and rescue tasks, disarmament operations, support to third countries in combating terrorism, peacekeeping tasks and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, and peacemaking). The EU also aims to address the shortfalls from the previous headline goal (e.g. gaps related to strategic airlift and sealift) which are still considered to be a limiting factor to the operability of the designated forces, especially in more demanding crisis management operations.

See also
Eurocorps
European Gendarmerie Force
European Union rapid reaction mechanism
European Security and Defence Policy
Berlin Plus agreement

References

External links
EU Council Secretariat, Background- Development of European Military Capabilities: The Force Catalogue 2006, November 2006
European Commission, "ESDP: Commission proposes Rapid Reaction Facility to mobilise civilian crisis instruments", 11 April 2000
Foreign Policy Research Center report

Military history of the European Union
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1999 in politics
History of Helsinki

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The concept of Kawsak Sacha (living forest) is not new; it's just common sense. And the Kitchwa men and women know exactly why this is important.
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This film is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai, a beautiful place located on New Zealand's Banks Peninsula. In 1987 Hugh Wilson announced to the local community that he was planning to allow a weed to grow as a nurse canopy to regenerate farmland into native forest and restore the native biodiversity as much as possible.
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Many years ago when there were no humans, there were great apes, very similar to the ones we know today. New research is underway to uncover and understand the unique regional behaviors of wild orangutans.
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This amazing 90-minute Discovery Channel feature documentary was written, co-edited and associate-produced by Kim MacQuarrie and narrated by Linda Hunt. SPIRITS OF THE RAINFOREST won two Emmy Awards, a Cine Golden Eagle, and awards at three Film Festivals.
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Deep in the jungles of northern Borneo, Malaysia, lies a small village. It's the last portion of untouched rainforest left in the country.
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Imagine being a nine-year old girl and having to wake up every morning at 5:00 a.m. to walk into the dark forest to fetch firewood.
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The Penan, a tribe of nomadic hunter-gatherers, live in the jungle of Borneo, Malaysia. They're known for their survival skills and for tajem—the deadly poison on their blowpipe hunting darts.
Malaysia is home to some of the most dangerous and treacherous jungles on the planet. These jungles are home to an impressive diversity of living things.
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Located between North America and Asia lies an island the size of Texas. This island is made up completely of human garbage: a sludge of plastic, metal, and decapitated Barbie dolls – and the island is growing.

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The government has torn up supplier Raytheon's £742 million contract on the e-Borders immigration programme.
A terse statement from the Home Office said the government has "no confidence" in Raytheon after work on the £1.2 billion scheme started to run 12 months late, indicating an "extremely disappointing" performance. Raytheon had been in breach of contract since July a year ago, it said.
Raytheon's subcontractors on the project include Accenture, Detica, Serco, QinetiQ, Steria, Capgemini and DAON.
Around £188 million has been spent on supplier costs so far. The systems currently in place include software for the collection of data in advance of travel and its subsequent storage, the technology to enable carriers to feed information into a central hub, and a National Border Targeting Centre where police review matches highlighted by the system.
Raytheon missed many milestones, and there was a "question of quality" over some work delivered so far, the government said. Extensive negotiations with Raytheon about a remedial plan had failed.
Damien Green, immigration minister, said: "The government is determined to get value for money from its major contracts and requires the highest standard of performance to be delivered."
"We will now seek alternative providers to continue to deliver this project as a matter of urgency."
The government supports the concept of e-Borders, Green said. The scheme aims to check passenger details against UK police immigration watch lists.
Raytheon had not commented at the time of writing.
In April, the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee published a report stating that the e-Borders programme was "impossible" to achieve, with "so many major difficulties left to resolve.


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To 21.0 g of the above ketone is added 10.0 g of bromine in 80 ml of carbon tetrachloride dropwise at 0 deg. C. After all of the Br2 has been added, an orange suspension forms. This is washed with a dilute aqueous solution of sodium bisulfite and evaporated to give 1-bromocyclopentyl-(o-chlorophenyl)-ketone, bp 111-114 C (0.1 mm Hg). Yield is ~66%. This bromoketone is unstable and must be used immediately. Also attempts to distill it at 0.1 mm Hg lead to some decomposition, so it should be used without further purification.
The bromination may also be carried out with N-bromosuccinimide in somewhat higher yields (~77%).
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29.0g of above bromoketone is dissolved in 50 ml of liquid methylamine freebase. Benzene may also be used as solvent. After one hour, the excess liquid methylamine is allowed to evaporate, although increasing the reaction time to 4-5 days may increase yield. The residue is then dissolved in pentane and filtered. The solvent is evaporated to yield 1-hydroxy-cyclopentyl-(o-chlorophenyl)-ketone N-methylimine, mp 62 C (yield ~84%).
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The syntheis starts with the reaction of cyclopentyl Grignard and o-chlorobenzonitrile to give o-chlorophenyl-cyclopentyl ketone, followed by alpha bromination of the ketone, and then reaction with methylamine to form an alpha-hydroxy imine (1-Hydroxycyclopentyl-(o-chlorophenyl)-ketone-N-methylimine). Heating this imine results in Ketamine via a novel alpha-hydroxyimine rearangement (refs. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 ). Overall yields are ~60%.
Tiletamine is synthesized by an analogous process in industry, substituting 2-thiophenyl magnesium bromide for the phenyl grignard and ethylamine for methylamine. Two other ketamine analogs have been found on the black market: the compound missing the 2-chloro group on the phenyl ring, and its N-ethyl analog. Both of these compounds are most likely more potent and longer lasting than ketamine.
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Initial highlights are bin Laden's personal journal, press videos and Al-Qaeda "home videos."
The CIA has released hundreds of thousands of files that belonged to Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama bin Laden.
Initial highlights are bin Laden's personal journal, filled with more than 200 pages of his own writing. There are also clips of bin Laden's press videos, as well as practice versions. There are even Al-Qaeda "home videos."
This latest document dump is the fourth such release of files confiscated in the May 2011 raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. That raid ended with the terrorist leader's death.
Related Story US-Backed Forces Take Over ISIS' 'Capital' In Syria
The CIA said it found several movies, viral videos and news clips that were not included in the release due to copyright concerns. The agency also noted it didn't release any pornographic material recovered, or material that, if released, could be a threat to national security.
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For Athletes: Should you go Paleo?
With Crossfit centers all over the metro, it is no surprise that some endurance athletes might have considered, at one point or another, to try the Paleolothic diet. The question is, does Paleo suit endurance athletes who also do Crossfit? Read the pros and cons of going Paleo if your purpose is to be a great endurance athlete.
The Paleolithic diet is rooted in the belief that the food we eat should be modeled after what the people in the Paleolithic era ate (a.k.a caveman). This means relying solely on unprocessed food plus assumingly skipping grains entirely. It is probably the best low-carb diet out there and is great if your purpose is to lose weight. However, there is something wrong with the thought of skipping grains entirely without looking at the quality of grains available.
As an endurance athlete, good carbs are essential to fuel your body. Some may argue that you can use fat to fuel your race and training, but fat, as a fuel, burns brightest and best with a carbohydrate flame. Skipping good sources of Paleo-forbidden carbs like brown rice, quinoa, sweet potato might hold you back from racing at optimum levels.
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From my experience as a nutritionist, endurance athletes are usually very carb depleted. The body communicates lack or carbs as cravings for carbs usually in the form of sweets. If you go on a strict Paleo diet, not only are you running the risk of being carb depleted but also carb deprived.
Because carbohydrates is important for endurance athletes, skipping certain carbs obviously puts a limit to the variety the athlete can eat. In theory, it sounds easy to live off fruits and veggies as your source of carbs. However, it is very difficult to do. Keeping your source of carbs in full variety saves you from the nasty cravings and feelings of deprivation that comes after long periods of just eating fruits and veggies as carb sources.
Bottomline, there are people who have successfully lived out the Paleo diet as a lifestyle, but it isn't for everyone because our bodies, especially those of endurance athletes, are built to take carbohydrates from a variety of clean sources. For the endurance athlete, keeping carb sources in a wide variety helps the athlete reach his full potential.


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Q: How to chain observables like using Promises or async/await? Let's imagine I have this code using async/await that's working very well:
async function getMeSomething() : Promise<Something> {
  // some async code
}

async function getMeStuff() : Promise<Stuff> {
  // some async code
}

async function getMeSomethingWithStuff: Promise<SomethingWithStuff> {
  const something: Something = await getMeSomething();
  const stuff: Stuff = await getMeStuff();
  return new SomethingWithStuff(something, stuff);
}

This code could effectively be written with promises, like any code using async/await (it's just longer):
// this is strictly equivalent to previous example, including exception management
function getMeSomethingWithStuff: Promise<SomethingWithStuff> {
  let something;
  return getMeSomething().then((res) => {
    something = res;
    return getMeStuff();
  }).then((stuff) => {
    return new SomethingWithStuff(something, stuff);
  });
}

When calling the third function it will call the first one and second one, combine the results and return me the final result in a way that the caller of the third function has no idea which underlying functions were called:
const somethingWithStuff: SomethingWithStuff = getMeSomethingWithStuff();
// we have the result, we don't care how we got it, the logic is completely encapsulated

How could we write an equivalent code using only rxjs ?
// the following two functions are already defined and we can't redefine them
function getMeSomething() : Observable<Something> {
  // some async code
}

function getMeStuff() : Observable<Stuff> {
  // some async code
}

// we want to define this function that should return an observable
function getMeSomethingWithStuff: Observable<SomethingWithStuff> {
  // what's the code ?
}

The rules:

*

*No cheating with promises, async/await or conversion between observables and promises, it must only use rxjs

*Exceptions must be correctly handled

It may seem a trivial question but I couldn't find an answer by myself despite reading carefully the documentation of rxjs and a lot of tutorials.

A: You'd need to use function like forkJoin to trigger multiple observables in parallel and one of the higher order mapping operators like switchMap to map from one observable to another.
See here for brief descriptions of forkJoin function and switchMap operator.
Option 1: Parellel
// the following two functions are already defined and we can't redefine them
function getMeSomething() : Observable<Something> {
  // some async code
}

function getMeStuff() : Observable<Stuff> {
  // some async code
}

function getMeSomethingWithStuff: Observable<SomethingWithStuff> {
  return forkJoin({
    something: getMeSomething(),
    stuff: getMeStuff()
  }).pipe(
    switchMap((res: any) =>
      new SomethingWithStuff(res.something, res.stuff)
    )
  );
}

Option 2: Serial
Use multiple higher order mapping operators
function getMeSomethingWithStuff: Observable<SomethingWithStuff> {
  return getMeSomething().pipe(
    switchMap(something => getMeStuff().pipe(
      map(stuff => ({ something, stuff })
    ),
    switchMap((res: any) =>
      new SomethingWithStuff(res.something, res.stuff)
    )
  );
}

Update: add serial observable trigger

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Mail of the week
Dr Sanjiv Gupta says the high and mighty, whether at home or abroad, have done us proud with their accomplishments.
india today digital
UPDATED: March 21, 2009 10:57 IST
The high and mighty, whether at home or abroad, have done us proud with their accomplishments. Irrespective of their wobbly ranks, they will always strive to do their best. Their presence will influence and inspire others to deliver their best and help make India a better place.
—Dr Sanjiv Gupta, via www.indiatoday.in
Prakash Karat's omission from the list of those who matter the most in the political landscape of the country was surprising. Keeping in mind the role that the Third Front will play in the formation of the next government, it was quite unfortunate to see his exclusion. He can make or break many political futures, a fact that the high and mighty across the board in political circles know well. The clout that he enjoys among those who are against the Congress and the BJP is undisputable and quite intimidating.
—A. Jacob Sahayam, via www.indiatoday.in
Kudos to the undaunting spirit of these achievers. They have moulded and shaped the identity of modern India with their excellence. We need more of their ilk to make India a global leader.
—Shyam Singh, via www.indiatoday.in
Terror trauma
The strike on the Lankan cricket team in Lahore and the easy escape of the attackers indicates that it was more than just a serious security failure ("The Ides of March", March 16). It is fortuitous that the cricketers managed to escape with minor injuries but the fact remains that Pakistan is fast sliding into anarchy. The strife-torn country is hurtling back into the army's control. This disarray spells trouble in the present surcharged political environment.
—H.R. Bapu Satyanarayana, via www.indiatoday.in
Poll dance
The Third Front's second chance at staking claim speaks volumes about the viability of our democratic system ("Repeat Value", March 16). The agenda of the smorgasbord of diverse prime ministerial aspirants will be driven from the backseat by the communists. All rhetoric is rich in generalisations and bereft of meaningful commitments. Asymmetric multipolarity is promising to destabilise our polity again; it is time for national parties to save their space by getting rid of their confrontationist gridlock.
—Bishan Sahai, via www.indiatoday.in
Sinister stance
It is unfortunate that Sister Jesme faced sexual harassment in a place where morality is the basic structure ("Sins of the Fathers", March 9). Such barbarous acts of reverend priests should be condemned by all. But why did she continue to stay with those sex-thirsty and corrupt priests and lesbian nuns for 33 long years? Why did she not leave the Order when she came to know about sexual exploitation and corruption? Was it greed for money or lust for power that prevented her from resigning? Sympathy for her is highly misplaced as she was to an extent part of the crime that she is complaining about now.
—P. Alwarappan, via www.indiatoday.in
What is Priyadarshan's grudge—the intentional exploitation of India or the fact that none of his movies have excelled, or won an award or critical acclaim ("It's Mediocre at Best", March 2)? He says when a foreigner calls us slumdogs, we don't complain but when an Indian calls a barber by his name, we protest? How can Priyadarshan, a well-known plagiarist, dare to compare his Billu with Slumdog Millionaire. Boeing-Boeing, one of his earlier movies in Malayalam, recently remade as Garam Masala, was an adaptation of a Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis comedy of the same name. At least Slumdog wasn't a remake or a copied film. The grapes are indeed sour, Priyadarshan.
—Thomas George, via www.indiatoday.in
In accepting the challenges of climate change and global warming, Chief Minister Narendra Modi has turned Gujarat into 'neighbour's envy, owner's pride'.
—A. Srikantaiah, via www.indiatoday.in
Eastern disturbance
THE ISI'S alleged hand in instigating a mutiny in Bangladesh and the plot to assassinate Sheikh Hasina indicates Pakistan's sinister role in creating turmoil in the region ("More Than a Mutiny", March 16). India and Bangladesh need to draw the world's attention towards Pakistan's nefarious designs.
—Virendra Tangri, via www.indiatoday.in
The mutiny had been in the making for some time now. Poorly paid with few service benefits, BDR personnel indulge in every possible corrupt and criminal practice like facilitating illegal migration and cattle-smuggling, drug-peddling and even trafficking of women and children. They are willing to do anything and everything for a price. So this mutiny wasn't surprising.
—J. Akshay, via www.indiatoday.in


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rn: PRIVATIZATION OF WAR
From: Ron Rowe <•••@••.•••>
Organization: Rowe Communication Services
To: Ron Rowe <•••@••.•••>
Subject: SPECIAL ALERT: U.S. "military" companies in Colombia, Kosovo, ...
[If you are concerned about the interlinked issues of corporatization,
militarization, globalization and privatization, I urge you to read the
material below.  Please forward to anyone you think would be
interested.  (Apologies for cross-posting!)]
THE PRIVATIZATION OF WAR --
U.S. "military specialty" contractors in Colombia have also been
involved in Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia, ...
-- "Generals for Hire" and the New World Order's private police force
*** ALERT ***
*  The information below may give you additional cause
*  to call your congressional representative AT ONCE to
*  oppose the massive aid package for Colombia, which is
*  scheduled for a vote on March 16th. After that the
*  Senate will vote, probably before the end of March.
*  Most of the package is military aid. The Clinton
*  Administration had requested $1.3 billion. The House
*  Appropriations Committee increased the amount to
*  $1.7 billion. This aid package is part of the
*  Omnibus Supplemental Appropriations Bill for Fiscal
*  Year 2000.
*  The toll-free number for the Congressional
*  Switchboard in Washington DC is 1-888-449-3511.
Included below is a very interesting article from the Dallas Morning
News on U.S. "military specialty companies" looking to profit from the
U.S. military "aid" package to Colombia, and additional information
discovered in the course of looking further into the companies mentioned
in the article.
Pay particular note to this little revelation: "Two Virginia-based
companies, DynCorp Inc. and Military Professional Resources Inc., or
MPRI, are completing contracts related to logistical support and
training of Colombian police and counterinsurgency forces ... [MPRI]
should be well-placed for a contract, since it also helped the Colombian
government devise the official, three-phase "action plan" that was
presented to Congress last month outlining how the $1.6 billion would be
allocated."
Which is made all the MORE interesting by some of MPRI's and DynCorp's
other recent involvements in areas of U.S. military activity...
An article in this week's London Sunday Times reported that American
"diplomatic observers" in the Kosovo Verification Mission of the OSCE
(Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) prior to last
year's bombing campaign were in fact "a CIA front, gathering
intelligence on the KLA's arms and leadership."  The article concluded
by stating: "Agim Ceku, the KLA commander in the latter stages of the
[Kosovo] conflict, had established American contacts through his work in
the Croatian army, which had been modernised with the help of Military
Professional Resources Inc, an American company specialising in military
training and procurement. This company's personnel were in Kosovo, along
with others from a similar company, Dyncorps, that helped in the
American-backed programme for the Bosnian army."
Michel Chossudovsky, author of "The Globalization of Poverty: Impacts of
IMF and World Bank Reforms" and a vocal critic of U.S./NATO actions in
Kosovo, refers to MPRI as a "U.S. mercenary outfit" and stated last year
that "MPRI is on contract to advise the KLA and General Agim Ceku
(financed by U.S. military aid).  In 1995, MPRI advised the Croatian
armed forces in the planning of Operation Storm which led to the
massacre of Krajina Serbs."
In "Humanitarian Spies", Jared Israel, editor of the "Emperor's Clothes"
website, reported: "The U.S. verification team was composed of employees
of Dyncorp, a Virginia company that has grown rich off Government work.
At the 1992 Senate hearings on R. James Woolsey's appointment as head of
the CIA, Woolsey commented: "I own less than one-quarter of one percent
of the -- diluted shares of a company named Dyncorp here in the
Washington, D.C. area. And the corporation has, from time to time, had a
handful of very small contracts with the Central Intelligence Agency."
... Dyncorp's "very small contracts" have included covert work for the
Company in Columbia and Peru."
By the way, DynCorp announced last month that Ambassador William
Courtney, a former National Security Council senior staff director who
recently co-chaired the U.S. delegation to the Review Conference of the
OSCE, has now joined the company as president of its Security and
Intelligence Unit, DynMeridian.
A "leading information technology and outsourcing services firm" with
annual revenues of more than $1.2 billion (which I dare say would make
R. James Woolsey's "less than one-quarter of one percent" worth a rather
tidy sum), DynCorp provides a wide variety of services under government
and commercial contracts.  Its security contracts have ranged from
providing physical security for U.S.-controlled installations in Qatar
to designing a "Safe Schools" program in partnership with the National
Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).  It also has
Information Technology contracts with the State Department, Department
of Defense, Army, Navy and Air Force, among other government agencies,
provides on-going support for the U.S. Department of Justice's Asset
Forfeiture Program to seize the assets of illicit organizations, and
will operate one of three regional data centers for the 2000 census.
And if you think NATO is the New World Order's armed forces, meet its
would-be private police force -- DynCorp.  The company's International
Police Monitors website http://www.dyncorp.com/DynIPTF (the animated
graphic alone is really worth taking a look at) bears the motto "Our
mission is building democracy world wide," and provides background and
recruiting information seeking active duty police officers to serve in
the United States Civilian Police Force in Haiti and the International
Police Task Force in Bosnia.
DynCorp's online fact sheet on Bosnia states: "Since 1989 the United
States government has increasingly become involved in international
policing development and training. The first major project, Panama, was
followed by similar efforts in El Salvador, Somalia, and most recently
Haiti. ... The latest and largest international police task force,
consisting of about 1750 police officers from about 36 nations, is in
Bosnia."
Since then, DynCorp has also recruited and trained officers for the
international police force in Kosovo.  A State Department official said
the international civilian police force will be instrumental in quashing
potential conflicts between Kosovars and Serbs. Before leaving for
training in Fort Worth, Texas, Officer Doug Winfield of Milwaukie,
Oregon stated: "I think it's real important what the U.S. and NATO are
doing: instilling values and a criminal justice system." These
privatized police forces are organized under contract to the U.S. State
Department in cooperation with the United Nations.
Additional material on MPRI and DynCorp is included following the
article below.
If you are interested in receiving further highlights regarding the
interlinked issues of corporatization, militarization, globalization and
privatization that will not normally be     distributed to these lists,
please e-mail a request directly to:
Ron Rowe
Citizens' Alliance of Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara Alliance for Democracy)
E-mail: •••@••.•••
Subject:  [mil-corp] "Military companies" ready to administer US
military aid to Colombia
Date:  Sun, 05 Mar 2000 22:00:45 -0800
From:  Int'l Network on Disarmament and Globalization <•••@••.•••>
Network members:
More information on the privatization of war - in this case
"outsourcing" of US military aid to Colombia. Already, a half dozen
"military companies" have located in Colombia in anticipation of US
military contracts to administer and the deliver the Pentagon's $1.6
billion contribution to the "war on drugs."
Steve Staples
DALLAS MORNING NEWS                                      Sunday, 27
Contractors playing increasing role in U.S. drug war
By Tod Robberson
BOGOTA - Alex B. Pinero's resume reads like that of a man looking for a
lot of action and maybe even a little trouble.
A former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, Mr. Pinero has served
in three combat theaters, speaks three languages and specializes in
field medicine, intelligence-gathering and psychological operations. "I
am also well-acquainted with and can operate in virtually any hostile
(geographic, literal or temporal) environment," his resume boasts.
Mr. Pinero is working in Colombia on a noncombat, private contract with
the U.S. government. Because he is a contract employee, he said, the
government would bear no responsibility should he run into trouble while
helping wage a rapidly escalating U.S. war on drugs in a land where more
than 20,000 leftist guerrillas are gunning for people like him every
Thousands of highly qualified former U.S. service members such as Mr.
Pinero could be the answer to a big riddle dogging the Clinton
administration: How can Washington send $1.6 billion in mostly military
aid to Colombia without sharply increasing the current level of U.S.
military staffing needed to support that aid?
The answer, military officials and other specialists say, is a
well-established private business practice called "outsourcing," in
which companies that employ skilled specialists like Mr. Pinero take on
the jobs that the U.S. military either cannot or will not do.
In private business, outsourcing can be something as simple as hiring a
free-lance computer whiz to design a company Web site or specialized
software. In a military context, outsourcing is an increasingly popular
alternative for the government to provide counterinsurgency trainers,
pilots for surveillance aircraft or to staff intelligence-gathering
outposts in hostile territory without putting active-duty military
personnel at risk.
This is not mercenary work, according to specialists in the field. U.S.
law strictly limits such consultants to providing nonlethal service.
Firms await business
Neither the U.S. nor Colombian government has stated publicly how big a
role outsourcing will play if Congress approves the White House's
proposed $1.6 billion, two-year aid package to Colombia. Most of the aid
would pay for 63 combat helicopters along with the pilot training and
logistical support those aircraft will require, as well as the training
and outfitting of two Colombian army counterinsurgency/counternarcotics
battalions.
At least six U.S. military-specialty companies have set up operations in
the region, apparently in anticipation of future Colombia-related
contracts, according to U.S. military sources. Two Virginia-based
training of Colombian police and counterinsurgency forces, officials of
those companies say.
DynCorp, which has employed Vietnam-veteran helicopter pilots in
Colombia, provides maintenance and support for drug-crop eradication
flights, often over guerrilla-dominated territory.
MPRI spokesman Ed Soyster, a retired Army lieutenant general and former
director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said his company is gearing
up for new business in case the new aid package is approved.
The company should be well-placed for a contract, since it also helped
the Colombian government devise the official, three-phase "action plan"
that was presented to Congress last month outlining how the $1.6 billion
would be allocated.
"We're a military company. We're able to hand-pick our people from a
select group of guys who like to come into this type of environment.
They have an established code of ethics and code of conduct," Mr.
Soyster said. "A guy works in this business and works for us because he
can continue to do the things he likes and does well. He's happy because
he's doing what he's trained to do."
Mr. Soyster said MPRI maintains a database of 11,000 retired officers
and enlisted service members available to work on temporary assignment.
The company also has provided training and logistical support for
military operations in the Balkans, Middle East and Africa, he said.
"I am unabashedly an admirer of outsourcing. . . . There's very few
things in life you can't outsource," said retired Army general Barry
McCaffrey, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control
'Deliver the goods'
He said he did not anticipate a large-scale buildup of active-duty
troops to supplement the 80 to 250 U.S. military personnel serving in
Colombia, but he stopped short of saying that any additional training
spots would be given to private contractors.
"It's not my job to design the U.S. support effort to conduct logistics,
maintenance, training support for this $1.6 billion over the coming five
years. I personally do not anticipate a significant U.S.-enhanced
footprint in this country," he said. "Clearly we must have a U.S.
representation adequate to deliver the goods, to make sure that we know
what we're doing. . . . It's a huge package compared to what we've done
in the past."
Colombian Defense Minister Luis Fernando Ramirez acknowledged that
private U.S. military companies already are providing assistance to the
armed forces and that more probably would be contracted if the U.S. aid
package is approved.
"We must put in place the best people to manage these resources," he
explained, adding that private military companies often provide
personnel "with much more experience . . . at a lower cost" than either
his government or Washington can provide.
He revealed that the U.S. Southern Command is considering upgrading its
staffing levels in Colombia and bringing in a general full-time to
manage the military-aid package. Even that job, he suggested, could be
outsourced.
"Probably, it is more costly to send an active-duty general to be
present full-time in Colombia than it is to send a retired officer"
working for a private company, Mr. Ramirez said.
The wrong hands
Serious questions of accountability are raised, however, when private
contractors replace active-duty troops in the field, even if it is just
in an advisory capacity, said Carlos Salinas, Latin America program
director for the human-rights group Amnesty International. There must be
monitors on the advice and training that Colombian soldiers receive to
ensure that those are not passed on to known human-rights violators,
such as army units linked to paramilitary groups.
"The Defense Department itself, in its training, has to comply with
certain human-rights guidelines because they are mandated by law to do
so," Mr. Salinas said. "But it is unclear how far that mandate extends
when one is talking about, essentially, private actors."
James Woods, a Washington lobbyist and former deputy assistant secretary
of defense, said the political risks of using active-duty troops in such
dangerous places as Colombia often outweigh the advantages. The use of
retired military personnel under contract, by contrast, generally
provides a higher level of expertise with lower overall costs and
minimal political risks.
"If the U.S. government wants to pursue a major security-assistance
component - and I think it must - do you do it with a major buildup of
U.S. troops on the ground? I think the answer is no," he said.
Outsourcing has allowed Washington to provide an important military
presence in such war zones as Bosnia, Colombia and the Persian Gulf at
times when manpower shortages, budgetary constraints or political
pressures prevented the Pentagon from deploying active-duty military
personnel, said Georgetown University professor Herbert Howe, a
specialist in military outsourcing.
"The military has dropped over 40 percent in manpower and budget since
the late 1980s. . . . The U.S. government is increasingly shifting over
to outsourcing," Mr. Howe said. "I think we'll be seeing that more in
Colombia as well."
In addition, Mr. Howe said, there is inevitably a public outcry whenever
U.S. troops are injured or killed in a foreign conflict, whereas less
attention is paid when privately contracted military trainers or
specialists suffer the same fate. The government has minimal reporting
requirements regarding casualties suffered by private contractors.
3 died in crashes
DynCorp has lost three private-contract aviators in fatal crashes over
the last three years. Outsourcing specialists noted the minimal
attention paid in the United States to those deaths compared with the
days of front-page news generated last July when a spy plane carrying
five active-duty U.S. service personnel crashed in southern Colombia.
A former U.S. military officer who was responsible for outsourcing
various counternarcotics operations in Colombia said the "exposure risks
for Uncle Sam" are greatly reduced when private contractors take over
the dangerous assignments.
"The life is certainly just as important, whether it's a contract
employee or a soldier. But exposure-wise, whoa, it's much less," the
retired officer said, asking not to be identified.
"If something goes wrong, it's important for Washington to be able to
say, 'There wasn't a soldier killed.' It still gets attention with a
private contractor, but to the public, it has nowhere near the same
impact," the retired officer said.
Mr. Pinero, a contract employee with DynCorp, agreed to be interviewed
on condition that details of his mission in Colombia not be discussed.
He said he does not feel threatened working in Colombia's hostile
environment. He is, however, looking for another job.
"There is a lot of danger in Colombia. I'm aware of it in an abstract
sense. But then again, I spent 10 years in the Army, so this is
basically an extension of what I did in the Army," he said. "If you're
not jumping out of airplanes in the middle of the night or getting shot
at all the time, it's not that bad."
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Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI)
1201 East Abingdon Drive, Alexandria, VA
Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI), with $7 million in annual
revenues, provides military training and advice by retired U.S. military
officers under contract to foreing governments. Under a contract
initiated contract by with a request from the Croatian Defense Minister
to US Deputy Secretary of Defense John Deutch the company has played a
major role in assisting the Croatian army since the beginning of 1995.
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The firm has such "capabilities," as it calls them, as the following:
Doctrine Development, Force Management, Mobile Training Teams, Wargame
Support, Officer and NCO Development, Democracy Transition and, very
last on the list, Military Training.
GENERALS FOR HIRE
CONFRONTED WITH ITS TRICKIEST TASK IN BOSNIA, THE U.S. HAS MADE PLANS TO
PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT
By MARK THOMPSON/WASHINGTON, WITH REPORTING BY MASSIMO
CALABRESI/SARAJEVO AND ALEXANDRA STIGLMAYER/TUZLA, WITH OTHER BUREAUS
TIME magazine; January 15, 1996; page 34
THIS IS THE AGE OF PRIVATIZATION. All across America, communities are
hiring for-profit firms to perform the tasks that have traditionally
fallen to government -- educating children, running prisons, even
building and maintaining highways. There is one job, though, that seems
to be an unlikely candidate for outsourcing: executing the foreign
policy of the U.S. If that is not the business of the Federal
Government, what is? In Bosnia, however, the U.S. has a problem: there
is one particular aspect of its mission that is crucial but that it is
loath to carry out. So the very 1990s solution is likely to be hiring a
private company to do the job instead.
For anyone who wants to rent a general, the place to go is Military
Professional Resources Inc., headquartered in a squat, red brick office
building in Alexandria, Virginia. Eight years old and with annual
revenues of about $12 million, MPRI is, according to its brochure, "the
greatest corporate assemblage of military expertise in the world." With
160 full-time employees and some 2,000 retired generals, admirals and
other officers on call, it is making a fair claim. Among its most
prominent executives are retired four-star General Carl Vuono, who ran
the Army during Desert Storm and now heads the company's growing
overseas business, and Crosbie ("Butch") Saint, who was once the chief
of the Army's operations in Europe and who oversees MPRI's work there.
This is the outfit that the U.S. will probably turn to for help in
Bosnia.
Why would the U.S. need MPRI? The Dayton accord calls for disarmament
negotiations to reduce the Bosnian Serbs' military edge over the weaker
Muslim-Croat Federation. While its European allies vigorously disagree,
the U.S.believes that even if arms control shrinks the Bosnian Serb
arsenal, the federation will require new weaponry to ensure a military
balance in the region. The accord allows arms to start flowing into the
region beginning in mid-March. "We will not be able to leave unless the
Bosnian government is armed and prepared to defend itself," says
Democratic Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware. "That's the ticket home for
Americans."
The problem is the Bosnian Serbs. They object to the notion that the
U.S., by agreement a neutral party, would make any move to strengthen
the Bosnian army. The U.S. fears Serb attacks on its troops if it uses
them to arm and train the Bosnians. In fact, the Clinton Administration
has pledged that U.S. troops will not play an active role in rearming
the Bosnians. So how is Washington to achieve what it considers the
necessary balance of power in the region? After months of fretting, the
U.S. has come up with a plan. Senior officials told TIME that some
private company, most likely MPRI, which has done work for the
Croats,will train the Bosnians, who will be freshly outfitted with
hundreds of tons of new weapons provided by the U.S. and its allies.
"MPRI has got the know-how and the track record in the Balkans," says a
senior Pentagon official.
Last week James Pardew, the Pentagon's point man in negotiating the
Dayton accord, flew to Sarajevo to urge the Bosnian government to hire
MPRI or a competitor like BDM Inc. or SAIC (Science Applications
International). Pardew plans to tell the Bosnians that weapons will not
begin to flow into Bosnia for months, but training (assuming the
Bosnians act swiftly to organize the effort) is expected to begin within
a few weeks, perhaps in Croatia, U.S. officials say. Assistant Secretary
of State Richard Holbrooke, who brokered the Dayton pact, recently spoke
favorably of MPRI in testimony to Congress and says training "can begin
as soon as the contracts are worked out."
MPRI is ready. "The Bosnians need training at the company level, putting
battalion staff together, that sort of thing," says retired Army Lieut.
General Harry Soyster. "It can be done pretty quickly." Formerly the
head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Soyster, MPRI's operations
chief, is the only official who speaks publicly for the company. For the
past year, MPRI has had 15 men in Croatia, a group headed by retired
two-star General Richard Griffitts. They have been teaching the Croats
to run a military force in a democracy, and recently signed a second
contract to reorganize Croatia's Defense Ministry. Also during the past
year, MPRI, under a State Department contract, has been monitoring cargo
flowing from Serbia to the Bosnian Serbs as part of an international
Croatia gave a dramatic demonstration of military power last August,
when it drove rebel Serbs from the Krajina region. That offensive took
place seven months after MPRI began its work in the country. Serb and
European military analysts suggested that the Croats had outside help,
and MPRI quickly found itself on the defensive. But Soyster insists
MPRI's role in Croatia is limited to classroom instruction on
military-civil relations and doesn't involve training in tactics or
weapons. Other U.S. military men say whatever MPRI did for the
Croats--and many suspect more than classroom instruction was involved --
it was worth every penny. "Carl Vuono and Butch Saint are hired guns and
in it for the money," says Charles Boyd, a recently retired four-star
Air Force general who was the Pentagon's No. 2 man in Europe until July.
"They did a very good job for the Croats, and I have no doubt they'll do
a good job in Bosnia. "
In a secret, just finished report that cost $400,000 to prepare, the
Pentagon has determined the Bosnians' military needs. The study
concludes that the Bosnian Serbs' advantage could be erased by giving
the Muslim-Croat Federation about 50 tanks plus similar numbers of
artillery and armored vehicles, say Pentagon officials familiar with the
findings. The Muslims also need antitank and antimortar weapons, light
arms and basics like boots and bullets. In an indication of how
important MPRI's role would be, the report contends that the forces need
more training than arming, especially in tactics for midsize units
involving hundreds of troops.
Biden, who backs the Bosnians, has quietly won $100 million in Pentagon
weaponry and supplies for Sarajevo in a 1996 spending bill. Some U.S.
officials say it will take several times that amount to right the
military balance. Nations likely to be asked for weapons and cash
include Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan. Those countries, expecting nearly $3
billion in U.S. aid this year, may have a hard time saying no.
As for the Bosnians, this aid effort will come with strings attached. A
key condition, senior U.S. officials told TIME, requires Bosnia to sever
all its military and intelligence links with Iran. Ejup Ganic, the
federation Vice President, gave TIME official confirmation that Bosnia
had received arms from Iran, bringing them through gaps in the NATO
no-fly zone. "What we received from Iran," he says, "it's kind of a
science-fiction solution. You cannot load a ship with ammunition and
bring it in a normal way." But Ganic won't quibble about cutting Iranian
ties now. "You bring us stuff," he says, and "we won't look anywhere
else."
The Serbs remain disturbed by the entire business. Last month several
U.S. lawmakers got a similar reaction from Serbian President Slobodan
Milosevic in Belgrade. Over espresso and pastries, Milosevic told them
that Americans "are looking for trouble," says Republican Representative
Jim Ramstad of Minnesota. Milosevic, widely blamed for igniting the
Balkan wars, has some unexpected allies. Retired top U.S. military
officers who until recently were responsible for the Balkans say the
plan may embolden the Bosnians to seize land now held bythe Bosnian
Serbs. Boyd suggests it would be better to leave well enough alone,
saying both sides are war weary and that a rough military stability
already exists. Retired General David Maddox, the chief U.S. Army
officer in Europe until last year, also criticizes the policy. "The more
we do to make sure they can fight well," he says, "the less motivation
there is for peace."
Given the risks posed by training the Bosnians and the importance the
U.S. has given the mission, it seems especially proper to ask if a
private company ought to be undertaking it. The desire to protect
American troops is understandable, but will the Serbs really distinguish
between them and MPRI trainers? By hiring consultant mercenaries to do a
messy job, it is easier for Washington to ignore the consequences and
fudge the responsibility. Once again, for better or worse, that seems to
be an overshadowing aim of America's policy in Bosnia.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/9811/02/world/world6.html
Private military to monitor pullout
By JONATHAN STEELE in London
The United States has asked a private mercenary firm to provide the US
military contingent to verify the withdrawal of Serb forces from Kosovo.
The move will allow President Bill Clinton to avoid the political risk
of having Americans die in active service in the Balkans.
European governments, including Britain, have seconded military officers
to the high-risk mission. However, because Yugoslavia's President
Slobodan Milosevic has refused to allow the monitors to be armed, US
officials believe it is safer to give the task to private contractors.
The winner of the State Department contract for about 150 men to join
the international monitoring group of 2,000 is DynCorp, a Virginia-based
On its Web site, it says of itself: "Imagine technology with a touch of
humanity. Meet a team of experts who treat hi-tech like an art form."
Mr Spence Wickham, a retired US Air Force officer and director of
international operations in the DynCorp division that is handling the
Kosovo mission, said his team were arriving in the region over the
weekend.
"We have extensive experience of doing business for the military," he
The team included weapons inspectors, verification experts and drivers
and technicians to operate the standard US infantry vehicle, the Humvee.
Mr Clinton's decision to dump the Kosovo mission on the private sector
has raised eyebrows in Europe.
A British defence expert, Ms Mary Kaldor, said: "It is extraordinary
that a country with a highly paid volunteer army should turn to a
private company of mercenaries. This is not the sort of task which
should be done for profit. It indicates the Clinton Administration's
determination to keep at arm's length [from the Kosovo conflict]."
However, the director of studies at the Royal United Services Institute,
Mr Jonathan Eyal, said Mr Milosevic would notice and "get the message".
http://www.jsonline.com/news/kosovo/jul99/jobs071099.asp
U.S. seeks officers for Kosovo
Washington - Job alert! Great pay and benefits, foreign travel,
interesting work. DynCorp Technical Services says the State Department
"is seeking active and recently retired police officers of any rank who
are eager to accept a challenging and rigorous assignment."
And where might this be? In beautiful downtown Prizren, Pristina, and
other hot spots in Kosovo. The State Department is looking for up to 750
folks - the numbers haven't been worked out - to serve with the
International Police Task Force in Kosovo as police monitors.
The pay for a one-year gig is $101,000, which includes per diem, a
completion bonus and hazard pay, the notice says.
They're looking for officers with a minimum of eight years' experience,
including some patrol and training expertise, to help build up a Kosovar
police force.
But the State Department is not going to take just anyone. You must be a
citizen, have a "valid U.S. driver's license and ability to drive a 4x4
vehicle with a manual transmission," have an "unblemished background"
and a U.S. passport, and be in "excellent health without temporary or
permanent disabilities."
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