Inside The Compound

The Blackwater story just won't go away.  No matter how hard the company PR machine is cranking, no matter how many emails are sent to rally supporters. 

Among Many Blackwater Guards In Iraq A Growing Sense That Killings Were Unjustified

The Blackwater USA compound here is a fortress within a fortress. Surrounded by a 25-foot-high wall of concrete topped by a chain-link fence and razor wire, the compound sits deep inside the heavily defended Green Zone, its two points of entry guarded by Colombian Army veterans carrying shotguns and automatic rifles. In the mazelike interior, Blackwater employees live in trailers stacked one on top of the other in surroundings that one employee likens to a [...]

Boy, did Condi Rice seem to step in it this morning, testifying at that congressional hearing. via TPMmuckraker:

ABC: State Officials Concerned about BW Shootings in 2005

Man, is it a good thing Condoleezza Rice expressed "regret" that State waited until last month to start reviewing its relationship with Blackwater. And it's particularly nifty that she isn't "personally following" every little multi-million dollar discrepancy, shenanigan or blooper. Because then she might have to explain why State Department officials, back in 2005, chatted in internal e-mails about how Blackwater was killing Iraqi civilians and [...]

Tags: Blackwater, Green Zone, Iraq

Powered by Qumana