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reasonable to most squadrons. But the

problem comes when you fly a strike

against a target within “official” U.S.

territory (including those states that have

seceded from the union — even though

these secessions are fait accomplis, the

U.S. government fails to recognize them).

Whenever a squadron conducts busi-

ness in the U.S., U.S. forces ignore the

incursion into their airspace, but IRS

accountants do not, and then come

January or February you can expect to

receive a bill in the mail. It will be a notice

from the IRS demanding you pay taxes on

the profits you accrued from destroying

property within U.S. borders. In other

words, the U.S. government will allow you

to trash the private property of U.S.

citizens, provided Uncle Sam gets a piece

of the pie!

This is extortion, pure and simple.

Naturally, you may say, “What difference

does it make whether I pay or not? I

operate in Turkey, and to hell with them.

Let them do their worst.” That’s what I

said, anyway, and boy was I wrong. At

roughly 600,000 employees (including

accountants, auditors and soldiers), the

IRS is currently the largest terrorist

organization in the world. Not even the

strongest squadron can hope to stand

against them if they decide to make an

example of you. They’ll either assault you

themselves, or hire the work out. My

squadron, the Trogs, was wiped out

during a nighttime raid involving two

other mercenary squadrons, the Jackals

and the Vipers, under IRS sponsorship.

The U.S. may be broke, but the IRS is

rolling in the green stuff, smackers they

are willing to part with for a little retal-

iation, bucks that sleezeballs like the

Jackals are all too eager to grab for a little

dirty work. May Prideaux rot in hell for

what he did to us.

As things stand now, I’m flat broke and

in hiding. I’m the sole survivor of that

raid, and true to form, the IRS has put

out a contract on my life. But I wanted to

warn your readers: don’t let this happen

to you.

— “Hunted”

[Actually, we’re working on a feature for

next month’s issue regarding the global

predations of the dreaded IRS. Everything

“Hunted” says is in fact true, even

understated, and readers would do well

to think twice before operating in the

U.S. Furthermore, SUDDEN DEATH as a

matter of policy frowns upon squadrons

that shaft other squadrons. During the

interview with Jean-Paul Prideaux of the

Jackals presented in this issue, I referred

to this case and asked him how he could

justify this action. He pulled a thick wad of

twenty-dollar bills from his pocket and

grinned. Then he asked me where the

letter from “Hunted” was postmarked

from, explaining he hated to leave any job

unfinished. Although I withheld the

information, by the time I made it back to

my office I found that my desk had been

ransacked, and the letter was missing.

“Hunted” would be welladvised to

change locations at the earliest possible

opportunity. Ed.]

I’m really worried that more and more

MNCs [Multinational Corporations — Ed.]

are getting their own in-house squadrons.

What impact will standing air fleets have

on the mercenary market? Does this

mean they’ll start flying their own inter-

corporate strikes, cutting Istanbul out of

the loop entirely?

— Mark Gregory

4805 Finley Caddesi

Stamboul, Istanbul, Turkey

[Not at all. MNCs are acquiring F-15 and

F-16 squadrons strictly for on-premises

security. The simple fact of the matter is,

it’s more cost-efficient for MNCs to hire out

hazardous offensives to professional

squadrons. It makes sense for a

corporation to hire a squadron for $15 to

$20 million, when that corporation might

lose several $20 million jets in an

independent action. Feel better? Ed.]

SUDDEN DEATH •

July 2011