Shocking Hazing at U.S. Embassy in Kabul
This Is What American Militias Will Bring To Pakistan
"Alleged embassy misconduct probed" by Associated Press | September 3, 2009
WASHINGTON - A wide-ranging State Department inquiry into allegations of misconduct and mismanagement by a private security firm guarding the US Embassy in Afghanistan could lead to the termination of the company’s $189 million contract, a department spokesman said yesterday....
Other possible actions include rebidding the contract or replacing individual guards and supervisors employed by the contractor, ArmorGroup North America, he said....
ArmorGroup and the State Department came under fire Tuesday after an independent group said that the nearly 450 ArmorGroup guards live and work in an oppressive environment in which they are subjected to hazing and other inappropriate behavior by supervisors.
It is actually worse than that!
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A Slow Saturday special:
KABUL, Afghanistan - Eight security guards at the US Embassy in Afghanistan have been fired after allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters, the embassy said yesterday.
The Kabul senior management team of ArmorGroup North America, the private contractor that provides the guards for the State Department, is also “being replaced immediately,’’ an embassy statement said.... The statement said all 10 appeared in photographs that depicted guards and supervisors in various stages of nudity at parties flowing with alcohol.
A team from the State Department inspector general has arrived to lead an investigation, the embassy said. The scandal surfaced this week when an independent watchdog said guards were subjected to abuse and hazing by supervisors.
The Project on Government Oversight contended the situation had led to a breakdown in morale and leadership that compromised security at the embassy in Kabul, where nearly 1,000 US diplomats, staff, and Afghan nationals work. Nearly two-thirds of the 450 embassy guards are Gurkhas from Nepal and northern India who speak little English, a situation that creates communications breakdowns, the group said.
In at least one case, supervisors brought prostitutes into the quarters where the guards live, a serious breach of security and discipline, the watchdog group said. In other instances, members of the guard force drew Afghans into activities forbidden by Muslims, such as drinking alcohol, it said....
Think of it as "liberation."
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Yup, WAR is ONE LONG PARTY!!!
