"After the Nisoor Square deaths, Iraqi officials ruled that North Carolina-based Blackwater would be barred from operating in the country. Despite the ban, the State Department renewed Blackwater's contract seven months later"
U.S. to Iraqis: EAT THIS!
Remember Bush saying if they asked us to leave, blah, blah.... That's why I'm not covering much of the dog shit put out by the AmeriKan MSM anymore. It's all crap fooleys for Amurkn consumption!
First of all, you never hear about what the private contractors are up to on a day-to-day basis in Iraq. Whenever I hear of gunman I think of their assassins, but it could be other government-sponsored or state-sponsored groups. How many times I gotta put the link up, huh?
Of course, the lying, war-criminal MSM that transmitted these lies would be right up front with the truth, right? They ever cover the Pulitzer, or is that just one more story flushed down the propaganda hole of AmeriKa's MSM?
"Blackwater down, but controversial security company not yet out of Iraq" by Matthew Lee and Mike Baker, Associated Press | April 21, 2009
WASHINGTON - Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting US diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has been told by the State Department its contracts will not be renewed....
Private security guards employed by the company, now known as Xe, are slated to continue ground operations in parts of Iraq long into the summer, far longer than had previously been acknowledged, government officials told The Associated Press.
Oh, they thought CHANGING a NAME would FOOL the IRAQIS??!!
Maybe shit-chomping, MSM-consuming Amurkns, but I think Iraqis are smarter than that!
Related: War-Profiteering Mercenaries, by Any Other Name....
In addition, helicopters working for Xe's aviation wing, Presidential Airways, will provide air security for US diplomatic convoys into September, almost two years after the Iraqi government first said it wanted the firm out.
Do you like unaccountable corporate armies, America, or.... I mean, it is YOUR TAX DOLLARS that are FUNDING THESE GUYS!!!!
The company's continued presence raises questions about the strength of Iraq's sovereignty even as the Obama administration urges the budding government to take more responsibility for the nation's future. Iraqis had long complained about incidents caused by Blackwater's operations. Then a shooting by Blackwater guards in Baghdad's Nisoor Square in September 2007 left 17 civilians dead....
Why would the U.S. government care what Iraqis think? They don't even care what their own citizens think!
State Department officials acknowledge the company is still there. The company declined to comment about a timetable for leaving. "We follow the direction of our US government client," Xe spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell said. Last February, Blackwater changed its name to Xe - pronounced ZEE - in a bid to leave its controversial reputation behind....
The State Department's continued reliance on Blackwater also underscores the difficulties facing the US government in finding other options to protect its diplomats in dangerous areas....
Translation: LEAVING is NOT an OPTION no matter WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD from this s*** MSM for the last six years -- and NEVER WAS!
After the Nisoor Square deaths, Iraqi officials ruled that North Carolina-based Blackwater would be barred from operating in the country. Despite the ban, the State Department renewed Blackwater's contract seven months later, in April, 2008.
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So what's the answer? Regulate 'em? Pffft!!
"Britain seeks security firm regulation" by Reuters | April 25, 2009
LONDON - .... Security firms are active in conflict areas like Iraq and Afghanistan, protecting officials, aid workers, and journalists....
Oh, is that what they are doing?
The British private security industry is one of the largest, with annual revenues of $1.5 billion. "We . . . need to ensure private military and security companies operating abroad do so to the highest standards, understanding that this industry is here to stay," Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in a document seeking public comment on the government's proposals....
Then this world is sunk. I don't want to live in a corporate police state whose one purpose is war-making for loot.
Does that include the false-flag officers of Prop 201 or FRU?
