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Blackwater to be investigated by US Defence Secretary
Kazakhstan News.Net
Saturday 6th March, 2010
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said he will check into the allegations of serious misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater.
It has been alleged that Blackwater, now known as Xe, could have been involved in misconduct surrounding a contract, awarded to a Blackwater affiliate, over weapons training for the Afghan National Army.
The contract is worth a potential $1 billion for training Afghan police.
There have been complaints in the past about Blackwater, over the conduct of company employees in civilian killings in Iraq and the alleged murder by two staff members of Afghans in Kabul.
While a court in December exonerated Blackwater employees in the Iraq incident, Secretary Gates has been made aware of the evidence of misconduct, in which the head of the Senate's Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin, said there was a possibility that the newly named company had been involved in the alteration of official statements, misappropriation of government weapons, and hiring staff with criminal backgrounds that include assault, battery, and substance abuse.
The Pentagon has however said the firm should not be completely barred from contracts as it has rare technical expertise and a willingness to work in places that very few companies are willing to go to.
Xe, has said it welcomes the review.  Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
Anonymous
03-06-10, 10:06 PM |
Blackwater conduct In Afghanistan being reviewed from the top
Nobody was exonerated of charges. Where do you get that? What happen was becuase of state department giving immunity to them during the investgation and AG using info based on thier statments. The employees can still be tried plus one has already pleaded guilty and is working with the AG.
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secret slave
03-06-10, 10:59 PM |
Videod some abuse
salaam,
Gross cable video of captive victim then smiles at camera with thumbs up,
worse is not better in a directional lead !
USA authorities call it justice to abuse power!
feeamanellaah
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nregistered
03-06-10, 11:35 PM |
Hey dumb bell Blackwater no longer exists!
They are now XE if you can’t even get that right it leaves all your journalism in question.
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jokeryu
03-07-10, 02:08 AM |
right,,
when you are american, committed crime and change image, will your new image invalidates you as american? common sense nregistered. am sure you want them coz they are republican companies that suck all the war money and gave less to the real fighters!!
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nregistered
03-07-10, 09:51 AM |
Well simpleton
jokeryu;189912:
when you are american, committed crime and change image, will your new image invalidates you as american? common sense nregistered. am sure you want them coz they are republican companies that suck all the war money and gave less to the real fighters!!
They should have wrote in the new name somewhere Like XE formerly known as Blackwater in the article but of course your to dense to understand the point!
I swear people just get stupider by the day hey numbnuts your gene pool needs chlorine.
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