Community | March 18, 2009 | 9 comments

Blackwater to Remain In Iraq Through the Summer

source: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/new-deal-for-blackwater-bucks-decision-by-iraq/

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9 comments // Blackwater to Remain In Iraq Through the Summer

  • WhiteNoise
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      WhiteNoise  

    • President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February?
      http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/132171/president_obama,_why_did_you_pay_blackw...$70_million_in_february/

      by Jeremy Scahill
      http://www.alternet.org/authors/5434/

      Obama may keep the company on the government payroll months after its Iraq contract expires. Not bad for a firm supposedly going down in flames.

      For those already outraged at the AIG bonus scandal, here is a fact that should add more fuel to the fire: The Obama administration has paid the mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater nearly $70 million to operate in Iraq and, according to The Washington Times, may keep the company on the payroll months past the official expiration of its Iraq contract in May. I reviewed Blackwater's recent transactions with the Obama State Department and discovered a $45 million payment to Blackwater on February 4, 2009 for "protective services-Iraq." It is described as a "funding action only." Here is the interesting part: The estimated "Ultimate Completion Date" is 5/07/2011.

      The Washington Times (as described below) reported on a $22 million payment to Blackwater on February 2. Combined with the $45 million payment I discovered, that's nearly $67 million in 72 hours. Not bad for a company supposedly going down in flames.

      With the U.S. economy in shambles and millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and keep their homes, Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton need to explain to U.S. taxpayers how they justify these mega-payments to a scandal-plagued mercenary company. (At the very least, someone should ask Robert Gibbs about it).

      EXCLUSIVE: New deal for Blackwater
      http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/new-deal-for-blackwater-bucks-decisi...

    • 3 years ago
  • DreSandoval
  • WhiteNoise
  • WhiteNoise
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      WhiteNoise  
    • WhiteNoise:

      As long as people believe that our so-called leaders are well-intentioned, they can, and do, get away with murder. Literally.

      “The noble virtues that drove characters like Kurtz in “Heart of Darkness” into the jungle veiled abject self-interest, unchecked greed and murder.” - Chris Hedges

    • 3 years ago
  • WhiteNoise
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      WhiteNoise  
    • WhiteNoise:

      Republicans leave office armed and dangerous. Could they harm American more than they already did ?

      "The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and who, by holding out vague promises of future peace or by instilling fear of foreign aggression, try to make us accomplices to their plans." - Hermann Hesse

    • 3 years ago
  • manfury
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      manfury  

    • they should be in jail on our soil how can companies like this and halliburton be over there charging ten time what it should cost to get a job done and taking soldiers jobs while tax payers still foot the bill? we a re pissed at AIG well i am mad as hell at these a_holes lets get their congressional hearing going.

    • 3 years ago
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