Blackwater Portrayed As Out of Control

[unhappycamper]

Blackwater Portrayed As Out of Control
RICHARD LARDNER | October 1, 2007 08:41 PM EST


WASHINGTON — Blackwater USA is an out-of-control outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties, according to a critical report released Monday by a key congressional committee.

Among the most serious charges against the prominent security firm is that Blackwater contractors sought to cover up a June 2005 shooting of an Iraqi man and the company paid, with State Department approval, the families of others inadvertently killed by its guards.

Blackwater has had to fire dozens of guards over the past three years for problems ranging from misuse of weapons, alcohol and drug violations, inappropriate conduct and violent behavior, says the 15-page report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Just after the report was released, The Associated Press learned the Federal Bureau of Investigation is sending a team to Iraq to investigate an incident that has angered the Iraqi government.

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The 122 personnel terminated by Blackwater is roughly one-seventh of the work force that Blackwater has in Iraq, a ratio that raises questions about the quality of the people working for the company.

The only punishment for those dismissed was the termination of their contracts with Blackwater, says the report, which uses information from Blackwater's own files and State Department records.


Rest of article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071001/blackwater-iraq/

[ShortnFiery]

1. Damn! A good mercenary takes a decade or more to fully develop *all* critical skills.

Those bad boys (and perhaps some girls) don't grow on trees, ya know?!? :evilgrin:

[ShortnFiery]

3. On second thought, perhaps Blackwater recruited their Mercs from area youth

loitering around convenience stores. :wow:

Out of Control? Yes Indeedy!

[Kagemusha]

2. Which US outfits in Iraq are not indifferent to civilian casualties, I wonder?

Hurts to even bother to ask nowadays.