October 26, 2020
infowars
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said US private security firms, including Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater, are being behind terrorism in the country.
At a press conference in Kabul, Karzai said that US security companies have been behind explosions that have claimed the lives of women and children.
The Afghan president added that they have caused “blasts and terrorism” in different parts of Afghanistan over the past months.
The Afghan president said his administration cannot even distinguish between the bomb blasts carried out by US security firms and those of the Taliban militants.
“In fact we don’t yet know how many of these blasts are by Taliban and how many are carried out by them (US security companies).”
Blackwater has been involved in the murder of several Afghan citizens over the past years. The company has also been struggling with a trail of legal cases and civil lawsuits, including one for killing 17 Iraqi civilians during a Baghdad shootout in 2007.
Earlier in June, the CIA reportedly admitted that Blackwater had been loading bombs on US drones that target suspected militants in neighboring Pakistan.
The Afghan president has also pointed out that American private security firms are corrupt and have fueled nine years of war.
“Deals under the name of private security companies are cut in the hallways of American government buildings. It involves 1.5 billion dollars,” he said.
Karzai has accused security companies of running what he called an economic mafia based on crooked contracts.
“The money, 1.5 billion dollars, is being distributed there (in the United States) on Blackwater [sic] and this and that.”
The developments come as the notorious Blackwater has been awarded a five-year State Department contract worth up to USD 10 billion for operations in Afghanistan.
In August, Karzai ordered all security firms to disband before the end of the year.
Some diplomats and military officials say Karzai has been under intense pressure to reconsider his decision.
However, Karzai says he is steadfast in his decision to dissolve foreign security firms in the country despite US pressure to reconsider the decision.
The private companies are said to be in charge of providing security for foreign officials and embassies as well as development projects in Afghanistan.
Karzai has blamed mercenaries for civilian deaths and corruption in the troubled region.
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We, the tax payers, fund terrorism and the war against terrorism. We pay for the war on drugs and also pay to protect the opium fields in Afghanistan. Are we broke yet?
if there's one person i hate these days it's that little rat bastard karzai.
ReplyDeletethe little prick is pocketing sacks of cash and probably splitting it with the talilban.
I'm tired today, may I please be excused?
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. But sometimes I wish I could close my eyes and forget. So much evil, such a sad world. It gets to me occasionally. You're doing a good job though Tex.
I wish we would just cut our losses and get everyone home, but even if we did that we would still be pumping billions of dollars into that country one way or another. I am not saying that money would solve all of our current economic problems but it probably would not hurt.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Diane, "I'm tired today, may I please be excused?"
ReplyDeleteThis blog blows.....MY MIND.
ReplyDeleteDiane - Maybe I should mix in some good new once in a while.
ReplyDeleteMr. Shife - I think you're right, even if we did keep giving them money, I think that would be much better than having troops there.
When Russia was there, we called the people there freedom fighters, now the the U.S. is invading we call them terrorist.
McRaven - It's Friday, you girls go play outside.
Heff - You're like a box of chocolates.
Heff - A box of chocolates that's been in the fridge - cool.
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