The Karzai Declaration: Blackwater is behind the terrorism

[Maiwand]

The Karzai Declaration: Blackwater is behind the terrorism

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said US private security firms, including Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater, are being behind terrorism in the country.

At a press conference in Kabul, Karzai said that US security companies have been behind explosions that have claimed the lives of women and children.

The Afghan president added that they have caused "blasts and terrorism" in different parts of Afghanistan over the past months.

The Afghan president said his administration cannot even distinguish between the bomb blasts carried out by US security firms and those of the Taliban militants.

"In fact we don't yet know how many of these blasts are by Taliban and how many are carried out by them (US security companies)."

Blackwater has been involved in the murder of several Afghan citizens over the past years. The company has also been struggling with a trail of legal cases and civil lawsuits, including one for killing 17 Iraqi civilians during a Baghdad shootout in 2007.

Earlier in June, the CIA reportedly admitted that Blackwater had been loading bombs on US drones that target suspected militants in neighboring Pakistan.

The Afghan president has also pointed out that American private security firms are corrupt and have fueled nine years of war.

"Deals under the name of private security companies are cut in the hallways of American government buildings. It involves 1.5 billion dollars," he said.

Karzai has accused security companies of running what he called an economic mafia based on crooked contracts.

"The money, 1.5 billion dollars, is being distributed there (in the United States) on Blackwater [sic] and this and that."

The developments come as the notorious Blackwater has been awarded a five-year State Department contract worth up to USD 10 billion for operations in Afghanistan.

In August, Karzai ordered all security firms to disband before the end of the year.

Some diplomats and military officials say Karzai has been under intense pressure to reconsider his decision.

However, Karzai says he is steadfast in his decision to dissolve foreign security firms in the country despite US pressure to reconsider the decision.

The private companies are said to be in charge of providing security for foreign officials and embassies as well as development projects in Afghanistan.

Karzai has blamed mercenaries for civilian deaths and corruption in the troubled region.

PressTV - Karzai: Blackwater behind terrorism

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This is bad news foor all the conspiracy theory junkies who thought these blasts were caused by Taliban or ISI.

[Catya Sher]

Finally, Karzai has spoken a few words of real truth.
Of course, this will never appear in the US mainstream media, or maybe even any but fringe American and European media.

Press TV to the rescue! They deserve credit for publishing more accurate stories about American involvement in Afghanistan than any other nation's major media outlets.

RT tries, but doesn't succeed anywhere near as well - in my opinion.

Then, look at what $10 billion would do if given directly to the Afghan people.
Notice how the US Congress always has tons of money to throw around on dastardly projects. Who needs MORE security in Afghanistan?
Why not spend billions to remove the NATO troops? That is the sole solution to the "problems" faced by American officials of lack of 'security' when living in or traveling around countries which they deem their fiefdom like Afghanistan.

Change the mentality, put on spectacles to see the real truth, and LEAVE. That's what is the only need of the hour.

[khushal]

This has been speculated before that they were doing most of the terror in iraq and afghanistan. Their motive is to keep the war going for as long as possible so they can renew contracts with the government and increase profit. When you add capitalistic entreprise to war, the motive to end the war is against the motive to make profit so therefore create teror or the illusion of terror to keep the war ongoing or make it seem the war is ongoing and have a steady revenue from the government.

It is evil at its best, kill and increase the suffering of people just to make a buck.

[Abdul Haq]

That is not some thing new, we have had copious civilian killings in Afghanistan and Iraq by the so-called security companies, however who is this close-minded person separating these companies from their original masters American forces?