http://washingtonindependent.com/52523/the-baghdadization-of-kabul National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/52523/the-baghdadization-of-kabul/comment-page-1#comment-55254 The Underbelly of the “Civilian Surge”: Blackwater Surge « Get Afghanistan Right Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:03:58 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=52523#comment-55254 [...] with contractors working for Blackwater and its cousins. Spencer Ackerman: But what about the firms hired to protect the new State Department personnel on their way to Afghanistan? State Department security contractors like Blackwater Xe, Triple Canopy and DynCorp have been tied [...] [...] with contractors working for Blackwater and its cousins. Spencer Ackerman: But what about the firms hired to protect the new State Department personnel on their way to Afghanistan? State Department security contractors like Blackwater Xe, Triple Canopy and DynCorp have been tied [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/52523/the-baghdadization-of-kabul/comment-page-1#comment-55138 The Underbelly of the “Civilian Surge”: Blackwater Surge « Return Good for Evil Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:20:28 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=52523#comment-55138 [...] with contractors working for Blackwater and its cousins. Spencer Ackerman: But what about the firms hired to protect the new State Department personnel on their way to Afghanistan? State Department security contractors like Blackwater Xe, Triple Canopy and DynCorp have been tied [...] [...] with contractors working for Blackwater and its cousins. Spencer Ackerman: But what about the firms hired to protect the new State Department personnel on their way to Afghanistan? State Department security contractors like Blackwater Xe, Triple Canopy and DynCorp have been tied [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/52523/the-baghdadization-of-kabul/comment-page-1#comment-53806 cstalberg Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:15:44 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=52523#comment-53806 Blackwater is associated with kidnapping, prostitution, tax evasion, gun running, weapons stockpiling, recruiting death squad paramilitary personnel from Latin America and defrauding US taxpayers. Blackwater operates without oversight, transparency or accountability. For more information visit <a href="http://xewatch.info" rel="nofollow">http://xewatch.info</a> Blackwater is associated with kidnapping, prostitution, tax evasion, gun running, weapons stockpiling, recruiting death squad paramilitary personnel from Latin America and defrauding US taxpayers. Blackwater operates without oversight, transparency or accountability. For more information visit http://xewatch.info

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/52523/the-baghdadization-of-kabul/comment-page-1#comment-53805 The Baghdadization of Kabul??—?The Washington Independent.com | Blog.Wood Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:10:44 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=52523#comment-53805 [...] The Bagh­dadiza­tion of Kabul??—?The Wash­ing­ton Independent.com AKPC_IDS += "20164,";Pop­u­lar­ity: [...] [...] The Bagh­dadiza­tion of Kabul??—?The Wash­ing­ton Independent.com AKPC_IDS += "20164,";Pop­u­lar­ity: [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/52523/the-baghdadization-of-kabul/comment-page-1#comment-51558 marc Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:37:32 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=52523#comment-51558 It is disappointing to see State Department personnel surging into Kabul where they will do far more harm than good.<br>Giant high-speed counter-flowing SUV convoys bristling with high powered automatic weapons welded by insolent foreign musclebound guerrillas with goatees and wrap around shades mostly just move American bureaucrats to meetings with their ineffective and corrupt Afghan counterparts.<br>In other words there is not one thing these State Department bureaucrats are doing that is worth putting the lives or property of Afghan citizens at risk. It is disappointing to see State Department personnel surging into Kabul where they will do far more harm than good.
Giant high-speed counter-flowing SUV convoys bristling with high powered automatic weapons welded by insolent foreign musclebound guerrillas with goatees and wrap around shades mostly just move American bureaucrats to meetings with their ineffective and corrupt Afghan counterparts.
In other words there is not one thing these State Department bureaucrats are doing that is worth putting the lives or property of Afghan citizens at risk.

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