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U.S. Extends Iraq Contract with Blackwater Firm
State Department officials said Wednesday they have extended a contract with a subsidiary of the firm formerly known as Blackwater USA, which was banned from working in Iraq in 2007. Presidential Airways, the air wing of what is now called Xe Services, will continue providing air support for U.S. diplomats in Iraq. The government's contract with Xe was set to expire Sept. 3, but the replacement firm is not yet ready to take over. The State Department said the transition was "complex" and that moving more slowly would benefit all parties involved.
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Blackwater's license to operate in Iraq was revoked after a 2007 firefight involving U.S. military contractors left 17 civilians dead in Baghdad. The State Department informed Iraq in January that it would not renew contracts with the company, but said the Iraqi government understood the necessity involved in the current situation. "They understand the need for additional time to get this right," one official said. The contract with Presidential Airways was the last original Blackwater contract still in effect.
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Blackwater's license to operate in Iraq was revoked after a 2007 firefight involving U.S. military contractors left 17 civilians dead in Baghdad. The State Department informed Iraq in January that it would not renew contracts with the company, but said the Iraqi government understood the necessity involved in the current situation. "They understand the need for additional time to get this right," one official said. The contract with Presidential Airways was the last original Blackwater contract still in effect.
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Pete
2:15PM Sep 2nd 2009
Funny thing this "NO BID" contract Obama has let will not receive the criticism the same contracts, FOR THE SAME REASONS, did under Bush.
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1989 left the world VERY unstable. Saddam sought to take advantage of that instability in 1990 with his invasion of Kuwait. By 1992 the Soviet Unions fall had shaken out. Many satellite states had broken off from Russia, formed their own military. Throughout the 1990's with the fall of the # 2 military in the world, Clinton downsized our military. Many of those cuts came from military support services.
Not many civilian firms have experience doing what the military does so few firms can meet the contract needs of the military. Haliburton is a firm that ROUTINELY travels all over the world with heavy equipment to do business.
Cheney's past experience in the government and Haliburton's experience in the Middle East moving heavy oil exploration equipment made Haliburton a PRIME if ONLY civilian company capable of meeting the governments contract requirements.
The same is true today Blackwater USA. Our far left liberal leaning media just will not make an issue out of it not that a Democrat is in the White House.
Respectfully,
Pete
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1989 left the world VERY unstable. Saddam sought to take advantage of that instability in 1990 with his invasion of Kuwait. By 1992 the Soviet Unions fall had shaken out. Many satellite states had broken off from Russia, formed their own military. Throughout the 1990's with the fall of the # 2 military in the world, Clinton downsized our military. Many of those cuts came from military support services.
Not many civilian firms have experience doing what the military does so few firms can meet the contract needs of the military. Haliburton is a firm that ROUTINELY travels all over the world with heavy equipment to do business.
Cheney's past experience in the government and Haliburton's experience in the Middle East moving heavy oil exploration equipment made Haliburton a PRIME if ONLY civilian company capable of meeting the governments contract requirements.
The same is true today Blackwater USA. Our far left liberal leaning media just will not make an issue out of it not that a Democrat is in the White House.
Respectfully,
Pete
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dabrownman
4:11PM Sep 2nd 2009
It's like the Messiah 'Hope for Change' Obama handing Dick Cheney cash under the oval office desk. You got to love these whack jobs.
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(2) Truth
5:11PM Sep 2nd 2009
Pete,
It's different now, they changed their name, so you can't accuse Obama of dealing with the same people.
I'm practicing my "liberal logic". It's similar to a vanishing act.
It's different now, they changed their name, so you can't accuse Obama of dealing with the same people.
I'm practicing my "liberal logic". It's similar to a vanishing act.
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(-1) bob
10:46PM Sep 2nd 2009
This is absolutely precious.
And the silence from those who railed and roiled when it was the Bush administration doing the exact same thing is deafening.
You hypocritical idiots.
And the silence from those who railed and roiled when it was the Bush administration doing the exact same thing is deafening.
You hypocritical idiots.
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(2) kathy
2:41AM Sep 3rd 2009
I find this article really interesting.
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