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The history of mercenary fighters–soldiers for hire who might be disciplined fighters abiding by the rules of engagement or might be plundering freebooters–from ancient Rome to today in Ukraine–is often an ugly, brutal, killers-for-hire story. For the U.S. armed forces and some of its allies in recent years, most of these contractors fulfilled non-combat roles More
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Derek Royden.