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| Senior Member | And this really makes sense, eh? ![]() CIA Shut Down in Iraq "Movements of key CIA station personnel in Baghdad—along with most State department diplomats and teams building police stations and schools—have been frozen for the second day in a row, according to a State department source who spoke on the condition of anonymity."
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| | #43 (permalink) |
| Senior Member | ^ No great loss there. "Exploiting that anger, anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr demanded the government ban all 48,000 foreign security contractors, whom Iraqis have long viewed as mercenaries, the Associated Press reported." The whole system of security forces and their licenses is corrupt beyond belief. Anyhow, this latest incident "which left eight Iraqi civilians dead by most accounts, occurred Sunday when Blackwater was escorting a convoy through one of Baghdad’s Sunni neighborhoods. According to the North Carolina-based company, the convoy was attacked by armed insurgents using small-arms fire. The U.S. contractors returned fire to get their clients out of the area safely. “By doctrine, you return fire — that’s how you stay alive,” said the Blackwater contractor, who spoke on the condition that he not be identified. “They killed who they needed to kill to get out of there. The teams that try to be all nicey-nicey, guess what? Their guys get kidnapped,” he said. Several expatriate security contractors who did not open fire have been taken hostage while protecting their clients in western Iraq near Ramadi and in Baghdad. Iraq has turned into a kill or be killed place - no whimps allowed... |
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| nid aur yw popeth melyn Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pattaya
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| I know some BW lads. And that pretty much sums its up, get attacked you shoot your way out. Least we forget the lads who were burned, dragged, and then hung from an overpass were BW security. |
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| Watching the Wheels Last Online: Today 02:59 PM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: east of Pattaya
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| I suppose, to the various factions of the Iraqi resistance, mercenaries are targets just like soldiers. I certainly don't question their right to defend themselves, or return fire if fired upon. Why they are there in the first place is a question for another thread. But the messages coming from Iraq are suggesting that the BW crowd are more trigger happy, violent, and less well trained and professional than other mercenary operations. The NY Times article even mentions they had their own helicopter gunships firing down on unarmed civilians, and the mortar fire they used as an excuse was kilometre's away. They also quote a figure of around 20 dead, so some widely conflicting reports at the moment.
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| nid aur yw popeth melyn Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pattaya
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| Blackwater USA - About Us Dunno about current standards, but most are former military and founded by an ex-navy seal. |
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| texpat's sexual obsession Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: deleting posts in issues
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| more info on the war profiteers blackgang is falling all over himself to defend... Quote:
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btw, did anyone else hear the story about how blackwater guards helped the guy who embezzled $2.5 billion from the US/iraq escape from prison in iraq? i read it in print, but i'll try to find a link later. | ||
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| Senior Member | RC, Mostly just more allegations, but you do seem to pick them up and run with em don't you. Never have any proof of wrong doing, just supposed and use that to slander others that are your betters and most is jealousy fueled. OH did you see where Blackwater is again running convoys in Iraq?? And your other allegations of Americans restricted to Green zone because of Blackwaters wrong doing has made it unsafe for them to leave the zone, Thats also bullshit, they couldn't leave because it is to dangerous because of Blackwater being sidelined temp. and without them it is just to dangerous for anyone to go outside of the zone.
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| Gone Off Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: shelf
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There may be more charges and info coming out soon. | |
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| Senior Member | Charges being filed do not mean much, just that they are trying, And that has nothing to do with Blackwater supposedly killing a bunch of folks and getting kicked out of Iraq. As is the OP of this thread. There is corruption in a lot of things, just look at what Toxin has been accused of and nothing is or has been proven or him being convicted. Kind of like Thai gossip, nothing solid, just some accusations. Can't run a world on that. so why make a big deal out of gossip, why not wait for some solid convictions and then smear them? Sounds just like the DUKE LaCross team rape accusations. That DA with the solid charges is going to prison for that fiasco. Maybe should take RC with him. |
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| Senior Member | ^ Disagree, a soldier is an employee of the US govt. and the employer is responsible for the actions of the employee in the performance of his dutys and is a represenitive of said employer. So the US Gov should maybe tried in Iraq, but the employee should be tried in the country of the employer if anything. |
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| Elite Member | Quote:
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| Kraut Last Online: 01-07-2008 11:03 AM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: under the headphones
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They also reject international legislation. | |
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| texpat's sexual obsession Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: deleting posts in issues
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| blackgang says he has me on ignore Quote:
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gee i wonder what happened to him and that $2.5 billion? | ||
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| Senior Member | I don't know the legal aspects of it, but I guess that they think they are in a war zone and doing stuff war time ways. Police actions are not my strong suit and I do not know about the laws, but they have plenty of lawyers, all politicians are Lawyers, thats the reason that politics and politicians are so crooked and corrupt. Hell I ain't gonna worry about it, they average 50 deaths a day in Baghdad and maybe someone else is killing them or maybe, but I doubt, that troopers are killing them, but someone is and I don't think that what are dying by troops gunfire is making that much difference. Just wait until the troops leave and you will really see some killing until they find one with enough moxie and meanness, like Saddam, that kills in a painful way and scares them into quitting that shit. Them folks is mostly stupid, if they would quit it then the troops would leave and then they could get down to the nitty gritty of killing each other, but what they are doing now is each sect is trying to outdo the other so there will not be enough of the other sect to run the country and the strong sect will undoubtly be in power so they will just keep it up. It will eventually be IRAN that comes out running things and it ain't costing them much except a few guns and some explosives. Last edited by blackgang : 23-09-2007 at 12:18 AM. |
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| Gone Off Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: shelf
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The reason for few convictions? They are not being charged. Why are they not charged? There is a reason why. If you really want to see dirty corruption and theft, check out the "Custer Battles" contractor in Iraq.
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