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Post by concrete on Mar 11, 2010 20:18:04 GMT 10
Another contract goes to controversial contractorJust days after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would review allegations of misconduct in Afghanistan by the company formerly known as Blackwater, his department announced a company subsidiary had won another multimillion-dollar contract to operate there. The subsidiary of Xe, the new name for Blackwater, won a contract worth almost $40 million to provide helicopter airlift for passengers and cargo in Afghanistan. The contract, for Presidential Airways, is for additional work to the already existing contract worth almost $1 billion, according to U.S. government documents. Xe holds numerous contracts under three company names in Afghanistan for support of military and intelligence operations. Those companies are U.S. Training Center, Greystone and Presidential Airways. news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/10/another-contract-goes-to-controversial-contractor/
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Post by Wes Gear on Mar 11, 2010 22:57:01 GMT 10
you have got to be fucking kidding me? they steal weapons,hire prostitutes with government money, kill innocent civilians and for punishment get rewarded with a billion dollar contract? or should i say CONtract?
why hasn't obama put a stop to this? blackwater/xe was a major talking point for dems in the runup to the election.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2010 13:37:41 GMT 10
Contractors, by virtue of the military being overstretched, have become indispensable.
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Post by shatnerswig on Mar 12, 2010 13:42:12 GMT 10
HOOKERS GUNS AND DRUGS... WHERE CAN I GET AN APPLICATION?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2010 10:16:54 GMT 10
I believe to ge into Blackwater you have to accept Jesus as your personal savior and be willing to put your life on the line for the "New Crusades".
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Post by Wes Gear on Mar 13, 2010 11:57:57 GMT 10
that is pretty much right darryl. they absolutely view the wars as a crusade.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2010 13:08:55 GMT 10
Ya know, I never really got this, how do you follow a religion whos basic doctrine is "you do not believe in my benevolent, compassionate and all forgiving god....so I am going to kill you"
Just seems counter intuitive to me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2010 13:09:39 GMT 10
Sorry, that goes for most organised religions, not just the fundamentalist christians.
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