Posted on 01/23/2011 2:02:37 PM PST by La Enchiladita
KABUL - The Afghan government has accused several prominent private security companies, including some that work with the U.S. government, of committing "major offenses," a move that U.S. officials fear could hasten their departure from the country.
A list compiled by Afghan officials cites 16 companies, including several American and British firms, for unspecified serious violations and seven others for having links to high-ranking Afghan officials, according to a copy obtained by The Washington Post.
A decision to ban the major violators and those that have relationships with senior Afghan officials would affect firms that provide about 800 guards for the U.S. Agency for International Development projects and about 3,000 who work on military construction projects for the coalition, said a senior U.S. official.
...Among those listed as major offenders are Triple Canopy, based in Reston; Washington-based Blue Hackle; and the British firm G4S, the parent company of ArmorGroup North America, which provides security for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
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Karzai needs to go. It will be years before this country is ready to elect it’s own leaders. Thousands of lives and billions of dollars have been spent trying to keep this a-hole in power. His openly sucking up to Iran should have been the last straw.
I have to say, he doesn’t seem very bright... at all.
He is making a mess.
some days, I am almost ready to give the afghans their pile of rocks back, and blow every terrorist that moves to hell with predators.
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