25 November 2009

Blackwater... uh, "XE" - still active downrange?

Is Blackwater still working, uh... 'black' ops downrange? And does anyone refer to them as "Xe" at all?

The Atlantic has an article online that mentions Prince's guys running around Pakistan

The Joint Special Operations Command, which oversees special operations for the U.S. military, has been hiring out infamous military contracting firm Blackwater for operations in Pakistan, reports Jeremy Scahill in The Nation. Blackwater, whose soldiers are posing as aid workers, is tasked with snatching terrorists and scouting for predator drone attacks in Pakistan, with which U.S. has a cooperative but tenuous partnership in fighting terrorism. The revelation raises serious questions about why the military is still using Blackwater, which was pulled from Iraq after allegations of killing civilians, and what this will mean for our relationship with Pakistan.




By: Brant

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