Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater- Xe?
Submitted by Liberty_Belle on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 08:08Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater- Xe?
** excerpts~ please read the full article ~massacre at Nisour Square and more...
Two years to the day after the Nisour Square massacre, Blackwater remains in Iraq, armed and dangerous. As The Nation has reported, the Obama administration recently extended the company's contract there indefinitely. Blackwater has big-money contracts in Afghanistan as well, working for the State Department, the Defense Department and the CIA. As in Iraq, Blackwater forces are alleged to have shot and killed innocent civilians there. We now know that Blackwater was hired as part of the secret CIA assassination program that former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered concealed from Congress and that the company continues to work for the CIA as part of its drone bombing campaign in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
A former Blackwater employee, known as John Doe #2, recently alleged in a sworn statement originally obtained by The Nation that Erik Prince, "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe," and that Prince's companies "encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life." Prince, the former employee charged, "intentionally deployed to Iraq certain men who shared his vision of Christian supremacy, knowing and wanting these men to take every available opportunity to murder Iraqis. Many of these men used call signs based on the Knights of the Templar, the warriors who fought the Crusades.... Prince's executives would openly speak about going over to Iraq to 'lay Hajiis out on cardboard.' Going to Iraq to shoot and kill Iraqis was viewed as a sport or game. Mr. Prince's employees openly and consistently used racist and derogatory terms for Iraqis and other Arabs, such as 'ragheads' or 'hajiis.' "
On the second anniversary of the single worst massacre of Iraqi civilians committed by a private force since the US invasion, President Obama should be forced to explain to the American people and the people of Iraq and Afghanistan why he continues to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to this company and why he permits them to remain on the ground, representing the United States in these countries. At a recent hearing of the bipartisan Wartime Contracting Commission, commissioner Linda Gustitus asserted that in not canceling Blackwater's contracts after Nisour Square, the State Department "helped to send a message to other contractors that you can do a lot and not have your contract terminated."
please read the full article here:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090928/scahill3/2
Additional related posts
Blackwaters War on Pakistan
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/114601
Blackwater Offers Training to "Faith Based Organizations"
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/107588
U.S. Cities Increasing Use of Armed Mercenaries to Replace Police
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/99609
Fusion Centers Hiring Private Mercenary Contractors!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/108934
The Calculus of Fear: Fear and War is a Profitable Economy
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/106768
Mercenaries and War Profiteers ( video banned from Congress)
http://www.wimp.com/videobanned/
UPDATE:
Recent News on Blackwater
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/114589
good afternoon
Nice compilation here, I've bookmarked it so i can peruse through it all later tonight.
Thanks, Sternzy
It's a good bit of information to digest and it isn't just about Blackwater (Xe) although they are the most notorious. People need to realize that profiteering is their main objective. Dyncorp is another bad one but there are 100's of these companies making a "killing off of killing".
When I see the US arming both sides and letting loose contractors with little or no oversight to behavior and with an incentive to keep conflicts going ...then I have to wonder about our soldiers being killed ( by who, really?) and the horrific loss of civilians in these poor countries. It all serves to keep the money flowing to those that profit.
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Why?
For the same reason Bush used them... because Blackwater/Xe/APF can be used in ways that our public military cannot – and without publicity, accountability, repercussions or punishment. Private contractors can do pretty much whatever they want, enjoy special levels of privacy and protection, are not bound by the Geneva Convention, do not have to follow general police/military ethics guidelines, and answer to no one – not even Congress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqM4tKPDlR8#t=2m4s . Also, with some of these guys making around $13K/month, morals and respect for human rights go out the window, and they will do whatever they're told, no matter how cruel, heinous, sinful or unconstitutional the orders.
I think the question should be, “Why WOULDN'T someone like Obama be using them?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Z1tevub9I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igG8nIUHveA&feature=related
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great post
Thank you Liberty_Belle for your hard work spreading such vital information.
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Huge compilation of Blackwater articles
Thanks legalize!
I just added yours in there too! It helps me keep track to put all the research in one post and if anyone else is interested then everything is there! Did you see the one further down this post about Romney and Blackwater? I just found that one the other day!
Hugs to you and thanks!
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Recent News and Romney /Blackwater connection
Recent News on Blackwater:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/114589
and see a few posts below about the Romney connection!
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
why would you ask this
why would you ask this question? you should know that there is NO difference between Bush and Obama.
A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. Proverbs 22:3
Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to
send peace on earth: I came not to send peace,
but a sword.
ummm...It's the title of the article
also I know that changing the name from Blackwater to Xe does nothing to change the agenda and nature of the company Just as we see changing the name of the President from Bush to Obama has not changed the agenda!
I posted this for those that sincerely are interested in info on Blackwater
See some updates below also...
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
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Blackwater~Nisour Square massacre & Romney connection
The video you posted on the other thread I believe is regarding the Nisour Square massacre..mentioned in the article in the OP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU-Y2RZ7_8k&feature=related
***I just found something VERY interesting regarding a Romney connection to Blackwater from 2007 ! Check this out!
CNN, NY Times, LA Times, AP omit Romney connection to Blackwater USA
In reports on recent news that Iraq's Interior Ministry has revoked the license of Blackwater USA, an American security firm, several news outlets did not mention that Blackwater USA's vice chairman is also the head of Mitt Romney's counterterrorism policy advisory group
http://mediamatters.org/research/200709180003
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
UPDATE: Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died
Nov 10
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.
full story
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/middleeast/11blackwa...
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
look what magic a name change has done for the
office of the president.
"The two weakest arguments for any issue on the House floor are moral and constitutional"
Ron Paul
Change the name ..the agenda remains the same
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Is it any wonder fraudulent Merc Groups
like APF in the Hardin debacle are encouraged to try to fleece the system? They see what Blackwater -Xe is gettng in big $$$ government contracts and they also take note of the heinous crimes and activites they have been able to get away with!
Whats even worse to think about is that these groups are privvy to intelligence and are relied on for intelligence that can encourage them to give false information in order to perpetuate/ justify thier contracts/wars/murders for hire!! Hell...perhaps they can even help create a war or "situation" in order to profit from it!!
realated:
Fusion Centers Hiring Private Mercenary Contractors!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/108934
related:
Blackwater (Xe ) Offers Training to "Faith Based Organizations"
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/107588
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"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Answer.... because they pay his salary!
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Yep! Good Answer!!
Thanks elviejo! You are right on the money on that one!
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Now there's change for ya.
SOSDD!!!
We should be outraged!!
If Obama is really so concerned about "defining our national character" then why, why, why...do we continue to fund war criminals?
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd