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11/30/2005

South Africans in Iraq

A South African mercenary in Iraq is causing waves in the news, for a bit of background :

 

A "trophy" video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations after it was posted on the internet, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.  The video, which first appeared on a website that has been linked unofficially to Aegis Defence Services, contained four separate clips, in which security guards open fire with automatic rifles at civilian cars. All of the shooting incidents apparently took place on "route Irish", a road that links the airport to Baghdad....read on  

 

CrooksandLiars is reporting that :

 

C&L has learned through sources close to the investigation that the man who is seen shooting vehhicles on this video in Iraq was a South African employee of Aegis Victory team named Danny Heydenreycher. He served in the British military for 6 years. After the incident the Regional Director for Victory ROC tried to fire Heydenreycher, but the team threatened to resign if he did. Aegis held an "inquiry" into it.

 

The actual video is HERE, the accent is definitely South African.

 

 

03:25 Posted in Saffers | Permalink | Comments (1) | Email this | Tags: South Africa

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I write with referance an article you published, making a claim that a Mr Danny Heydenrycher was the rear gunner in the video clips on www.aegisiraq.co.uk This is not actualy correct and I am sure that that infomation was passed to you as a means to take the pressure off the true person who is to blame for all this. It is not all about the video clips it is about the actions of particular Directors of AEGIS and the way they conducted them selves over an incident on the 24th October. The Director of Victory a Mr Mathew Smith, who has no experiance or qualifications to be in the position he is in, has immunity from all his actions due to the position held by his father General Sir Rupert Smith ex Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

Posted by: Callum O'Conner | 12/07/2005

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