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Nov 11, 2009 | Posted by: Mr_Bill

Blackwater Said to Approve $1 Million in Iraqi Bribes After Shootings

Full story: www.nytimes.com

Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials.

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Carol

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If black water is international, why were they even in our war??? It pretty much fits in with the theme of whats been happening slowly though....international global takeover. Will our soldiers work for the UN by the end of this administration. Scarey thought. Even under the guise of peace.
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Carol wrote:
If black water is international, why were they even in our war??? It pretty much fits in with the theme of whats been happening slowly though....international global takeover. Will our soldiers work for the UN by the end of this administration. Scarey thought. Even under the guise of peace.
Blackwater ( Xe services ) is an American mercenary company founded and run by Rightwing ,Evangelical conservatives with connections and employees from past Republican administrations. They are international in the sense that they will employ professional soldiers from foriegn countries that who have been thrown out of thier own miltary for corruption , attrocities etc. Blackwater evolved from a small mitary training company into a large mercenary , private army for hire thanks to Rumsfeld and other Bush/Cheney administration members awarding them no bid contracts to protect U.S. "dimplomats " in Iraq. The war was very very good to Blackwater. They pulled resources from our troops and also endangered our servicemen through thier reckless and illegal behaviour in Iraq. They have nothing to do with the U.N. and little to do with the Obama administration.
Neocons are Cowards

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GOP FAMILY VALUES!
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Carol wrote:
If black water is international, why were they even in our war??? It pretty much fits in with the theme of whats been happening slowly though....international global takeover. Will our soldiers work for the UN by the end of this administration. Scarey thought. Even under the guise of peace.
Where does this nonsense about the UN come from? I've been hearing this for years and yet the mantra still continues dispite any evidence. I know the Right likes to dribble this "scary" thought to keep their followers focused.

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Bill_mr. ran out of snew flu!:-0

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Bill_mr. ran out of snew flu!:-0
Hekmatyar Offers US Forces Safe Exit
November 10, 2009
‘Instead of murdering muslims, TTP should fight the US in Afghanistan’– Says the Afghan mujahideen commander

KABUL – Former Afghan Prime Minister and founder of the Afghan resistance party Hizb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has offered western forces a ’safe passage’ once the US announces a complete withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, alongwith NATO.

In a new video aired by a private TV channel, Hekmatyar is also said to have confirmed that Osama Bin Laden is still alive, however he did not say where he believed the Al Qaeda chief was. He also blamed the fall of the Taliban government on Al Qaeda’s misguided ideology and failed strategy, saying he did not agree with ‘murdering ten muslims to kill one of the enemy’– in reference to indiscriminate terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan that have killed thousands of civilians.

Hekmatyar also added that Iran, India and Israel were supporting the American cause in Afghanistan despite having “problems with each other”. He condemned the suicide attacks in Pakistan and urged “those people who had launched a war against Pakistani security forces”– a thinly veiled reference to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan – that they should fight against foreign forces in Afghanistan instead.

This comes after repeated calls by Mullah Omar, the leader of the Afghan Taliban, asking the TTP to join the Afghan Taliban in the fight against the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan instead of ‘murdering fellow muslims’ in Pakistan.

The TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) is lead by Hakimullah Mehsud and is on record for issuing statements against leaders of Kashmiri Mujahideen groups threatening to eliminate their leadership if they did not stop fighting in Kashmir and start attacking Pakistan Army instead. TTP militants also massacred 20 members of Jama’at-ud-Dawa after a Jirga in Mohmand Agency in 2008, and according to Pakistani military and intelligence officials receives arms and funds from Western and Indian intelligence agencies based inside Afghanistan.
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That's "pocket change" compared to the 4 Billion in cash that the Bush administration sent to Iraq on pallets that not surprisingly couldn't be accounted for later when an audited was conducted.

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That's "pocket change" compared to the 4 Billion in cash that the Bush administration sent to Iraq on pallets that not surprisingly couldn't be accounted for later when an audited was conducted.
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