Posted on 12/31/2019 10:54:36 AM PST by ransomnote
CITIZEN’S HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DEFENSE CONTRACTORS FOR PAYOFFS TO TALIBAN—SOMETHING THE FBI SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE COUP D’ ETAT:
Apologies for format—Go to the link to see the table of contents, if this is too messed up for you to view.
Case 1:19-cv-03833 Document 1 Filed 12/27/19 Page 1 of 288
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1THE DEFENDANTS...................................................................................................................... 9A.The ArmorGroup Defendants ................................................................................. 9B.The DAI Defendant............................................................................................... 10C.The EOD Technology Defendant ......................................................................... 10D.The LBG/Black & Veatch Defendants ................................................................. 10E.The MTN Defendants ........................................................................................... 11JURISDICTION AND VENUE ................................................................................................... 12FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS ....................................................................................................... 13I.IN THE WAKE OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, THE AL-QAEDA-BACKED AFGHAN TALIBAN LAUNCHED A DEADLY TERRORIST CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN ................................. 13II.DEFENDANTS KNOWINGLY OR RECKLESSLY FINANCED TERRORISM BY PAYING PROTECTION MONEY TO THE TALIBAN ............ 16A.Defendants Operated In A Corrupt Afghan Contracting Environment That Encouraged Protection Payments ......................................................................... 17B.Western Contractors Commonly Structured Their Operations In Afghanistan To Funnel Protection Payments To The Taliban.............................. 21III.DEFENDANTS KNEW OR RECKLESSLY DISREGARDED THAT THEIR PAYMENTS FINANCED TALIBAN ATTACKS ON AMERICANS .................... 35A.Defendants Protection Payments Directly Funded The Talibans Terrorist Campaign Against Americans In Afghanistan ..................................................... 35B.Defendants Knew Or Recklessly Disregarded That Their Payments Financed Anti-American Terrorism ...................................................................... 40C.The U.S. Government Opposed Defendants Payment Of Protection Money To The Taliban ......................................................................................... 51IV.EACH DEFENDANT MADE PROTECTION PAYMENTS THAT IT KNEW OR RECKLESSLY DISREGARDED WOULD BENEFIT THE TALIBAN ................................................................................................................... 58Case 1:19-cv-03833 Document 1 Filed 12/27/19 Page 7 of 28
A.The ArmorGroup Defendants ............................................................................... 581.The ArmorGroup Defendants Made Protection Payments To The Taliban ............................................................................................................ 582.ArmorGroups Protection Payments Comport With Its Other Conduct In Afghanistan ................................................................................................. 693.The ArmorGroup Defendants Payments Had A Substantial Nexus To The United States ............................................................................................ 70B.The DAI Defendant............................................................................................... 721.DAI Paid Protection Money To The Taliban .................................................. 722.DAIs Protection Payments Comport With Its Other Conduct In Afghanistan ..................................................................................................... 78C.The EOD Technology Defendant ......................................................................... 80D.The LBG/BV Defendants ..................................................................................... 851.The LBG/BV Defendants Made Protection Payments To The Taliban ......... 852.The LBG/BV Defendants Protection Payments Comport With Their Other Conduct In Afghanistan And Similar Markets ..................................... 96E.The MTN Defendants ........................................................................................... 991.MTN Made Protection Payments To The Taliban .......................................... 992.MTN Supported The Taliban By Deactivating Its Cellular Towers At Night ............................................................................................................. 1053.MTNs Protection Payments Comport With Its Conduct In Other Markets ......................................................................................................... 1094.MTNs Conduct Had A Substantial Nexus To The United States ................ 112V.THE TALIBAN, WITH SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FROM AL-QAEDA, USED DEFENDANTS RESOURCES TO COMMIT TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT KILLED AND INJURED AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN ...................................................................................................... 121A.The Taliban Was Part Of A Terrorist Syndicate That Waged A Deadly Insurgency Against Americans In Afghanistan .................................................. 1211.The Taliban ................................................................................................... 122Case 1:19-cv-03833
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Anti-terrorism-lawsuit.pdf
PING to self.
Heshmat Alavi
@HeshmatAlavi
20 minutes ago, 3 tweets, 4 min read
#BREAKING
Jan 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
#Iran-backed militia members/supporters attempt to storm the first gate of the U.S. Embassy.
U.S. security personnel respond with heavy tear gas fire.
US troops fire tear gas at pro-Iran protesters in Iraq
US troops fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse pro-Iran protesters who were gathered outside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad for a second day.
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/01/01/US-troops-fire-tear-gas-at-pro-Iran-protesters-in-Iraq.html
#UPDATE
Jan 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
-U.S. military planes with personnel & equipment heading towards the Middle East region.
-Other intense aerial activity, including Israeli Air Force, also reported.
Images credit: @Intel_Sky
mentions Jan 1 - Baghdad, #Iraq
#Iran-backed militia members/supporters setting up camp outside the U.S. Embassy compound.
Graffiti reads: “You will leave in caskets.”
(Credit: @thestevennabil)
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1212319029802745857.html
>>We trade recipes...All while enjoying a fine stogie and adult beverage
So you suggest a fine cabernet poured over a Havana cigar, perhaps then topped with a lightly poached egg and given a dollop of Hollandaise sauce?
>>if thats your real name
When I was just entering U of Chicago, my niece came to stay with us for the first time. The most adorable little one that took my heart and never let go of it. She couldn’t pronounce Mary, so made a whole bunch of tries that became my user-ids from the 1970s onward. Because whenever I stop and look at my name, I remember her and smile. And that lightened the work just that needed little bit. (waving to bitt) OH! She became a grandmother at 5pm yesterday afternoon for the very first time. Smart daughter saw the tax clock ticking. It’s going to be a wonderful New Year for us all.
>>We wish you the happiest of New Years!
It was SO much better than Christmas!
I didn’t throw up ONCE!
Somewhat math slide, taking out my frustrations?
Sent this out circa 1130:
Well, I finally had it with the tards who think we are starting a new decade. Look, zero is a point, a transition. It has NO value. There was never a collection of 365 days that, when ended, was called “Year Zero”.
Correspondingly, 10 has value and rightly ends where “eleven” starts. The decade of the “twenties” begins at the transition point midnight 31DEC2020/01JAN2021, approximately 365 days from today (leap year...).
That is all. My Christian history professor thanks you.
>>There was never a collection of 365 days that, when ended, was called Year Zero
What a marvelous realization!
That means that we have a Year Zero on reserve that we can use whenever we need it. For example, perhaps we should have substituted 2008 with Year Zero, and saved 2008 for some better time.
That would be “The Year OF Zero”; As said...it has no value.
Zero times 8 still equals zero.
Subsequently, “The Year of Zero” may correspond to 8 ^real^ years on the calendar but...they have no value.
>>but...they have no value
I KNEW math could solve that problem!
Because, in math, there is ALWAYS a correct answer. Even (sqrt)-1 has a correct, albeit an imaginary, answer.
>>correct, albeit an imaginary, answer
So maybe (pretty please) you could find a math way to make Zero become imaginary?
Congratulations to Bitt! Nothing better than being a new granma!
Happy New Years to all Freeqs! May God Bless Us All!
Meant to tag you in above! Again, all the best in 2020 forward.
>>Congratulations to Bitt! Nothing better than being a new granma!
And nothing worse than an incompetent writer. I was confusing. Words! They gavot about my meaning in such abandon that my purpose gets lost in the riot of rhetoric. It was my NIECE whose daughter had the baby!
Tick Tock
I'm not sure, but I'll look it up.
Thank you for that information about Ham.
Did anyone else catch “vase” in POTUS’s remarks?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1212209862094012416
He said he hoped Kim Jung Un’s gift would be a vase. Odd choice, don’t you think? He repeated “vase”. Maybe there is a deeper meaning to that? A message?
I have no guess (yet) as to what it might be.
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