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Trump considering privatizing Afghanistan military ops, massive contract to Blackwater founder
Not fucking again. 
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/8/1687821/-Trump-considering-privatizing-Afghanistan-military-ops-massive-contract-to-Blackwater-founder?detail=facebook
Trump considering privatizing Afghanistan military ops, massive contract to Blackwater founder
By Jen Hayden
Tuesday Aug 08, 2017 · 12:58 PM EST
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Private companies operating in Iraq were responsible for human rights abuses and massive, on-going fraud to the tune of $12 per day. From the Financial Times:
A 2011 report from the commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan estimated that defense contractors had wasted or lost to fraud as much as $60bn – or $12m a day – since 2001.
Private contractors have been involved in some of the most shocking events of the Iraq conflict – from the Nisour Square shootings in 2007 in which Blackwater security guards killed 17 Iraqis, to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
Private contractors have been involved in some of the most shocking events of the Iraq conflict – from the Nisour Square shootings in 2007 in which Blackwater security guards killed 17 Iraqis, to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
Emphasis added on the last part. Blackwater employees shot and killed 17 Iraqis in the Nisour Square Massacre. Four Blackwater employees were convicted of murder, manslaughter and weapons charges:
Four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards were convicted and immediately jailed Wednesday for their roles in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad’s Nisour Square that marked a bloody nadir in America’s war in Iraq.
A jury in Federal District Court found that the deaths of 17 Iraqis in the shooting, which began when a convoy of the guards suddenly began firing in a crowded intersection, was not a battlefield tragedy, but the result of a criminal act.
The convictions on murder, manslaughter and weapons charges represented a legal and diplomatic victory for the United States government, which had urged Iraqis to put their faith in the American court system. That faith was tested repeatedly over seven years as the investigation had repeated setbacks, leaving Iraqis deeply suspicious that anyone would be held responsible for the deaths.
A jury in Federal District Court found that the deaths of 17 Iraqis in the shooting, which began when a convoy of the guards suddenly began firing in a crowded intersection, was not a battlefield tragedy, but the result of a criminal act.
The convictions on murder, manslaughter and weapons charges represented a legal and diplomatic victory for the United States government, which had urged Iraqis to put their faith in the American court system. That faith was tested repeatedly over seven years as the investigation had repeated setbacks, leaving Iraqis deeply suspicious that anyone would be held responsible for the deaths.
And this is the company Donald Trump is leaning toward rewarding with massive new billion dollar contracts? According to USA Today, Trump’s own military advisers are against the effort to privatize Afghanistan operations:
The plan remains under serious consideration within the White House despite misgivings by Trump's national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, an Army three-star general, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Other White House officials, such as chief strategist Stephen Bannon, appear open to using private contractors.
Donald Trump rewarded the loyalty and cash money donations from Prince’s sister, Betsy DeVos, with a cabinet position. Will he reward top swamp donor and shady adviser Erik Prince with a $10 billion per year contract? Stay tuned.
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Fuck these fucking treasonous motherfuckers to the fire pits of fucking hell! 
