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09-22-2011, 11:30 AM
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The origin of "Technicals"
The term "Technical" actually has nothing to do with armor, or the lack thereof.
During the Somali famine, but before US intervention, relief groups and news crews were extorted/persuaded to hire local toughs for protection. Back in the 1990s it was not a good idea to have mercenaries and protection payments on ones balance sheet, so the mercs/militiamen were dubbed "technical staff". The name stuck.
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