Blackwater disarmed US troops after accident

[donsu]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21163806/site/newsweek


Blackwater Is Soaked
An arrogant attitude only adds fuel to the criticism.


The colonel was furious. "Can you believe it? They actually drew their weapons on U.S. soldiers." He was describing a 2006 car accident, in which an SUV full of Blackwater operatives had crashed into a U.S. Army Humvee on a street in Baghdad's Green Zone. The colonel, who was involved in a follow-up investigation and spoke on the condition he not be named, said the Blackwater guards disarmed the U.S. Army soldiers and made them lie on the ground at gunpoint until they could disentangle the SUV. His account was confirmed by the head of another private security company. Asked to address this and other allegations in this story, Blackwater spokesperson Anne Tyrrell said, "This type of gossip has led to many soap operas in the press."
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who do the neo cons love best

Blackwater or the US troops?

[Maat]

1. This story is just STUNNING to me (n/t)!

[rodeodance]

2. umm Blackwater belittles the story. ummmmmmmm...

[rodeodance]

3. It is amazing: Wonder if the US was embarrassed by it?----if so, there have

been serious problems with blackwater long time ago and the US knew about these problems. No wonder Rice will not hand over documents

[ClayZ]

4. K and R

[Fovea]

5. A non denial, denial.

Wow, just when you figured they had no shame, or sense of culpability at all.

[TwilightGardener]

6. Why would US soldiers EVER allow themselves to be disarmed?

In a combat zone? By ANYBODY? This really boggles the mind. Who is in charge over there?

[Bigmack]

33. Because they don't want...

to get shot up by some steroidal robo-droids.

In the green zone, most of the soldiers wouldn't be hard-charging infantry types. They probably weren't ready to go to war with civilian contractors.

I personally would do what the Blackwater people said ....at the time. In the Corps, we had a saying.... "Payback is a mutherfucker."

[madrchsod]

7. this has been going on since blackwater arrived.

the us military resent these thugs being in their combat zone. it is the same thing that happened with german army and the waffen ss in WWII.

[tanyev]

11. Yep. They are an elite Protective Squadron.

[mackdaddy]

28. The new "Republican Guard" in Iraq?

as in Guarding Republicans?

[Az]

8. Blackwater is the the SS and our Army is the Wehrmacht

They are untouchable and above the law. And now they are disarming the standing army? Just groovy. :wtf:

[Richard Steele]

9. Private corporate mercenaries. Today Iraq, tomorrow your street. Be afraid. Not kidding. nm

[HowHasItComeToThis]

10. I AM REC 5, WISH THAT THESE MERCENARIES BE IN PRISON

[Tom Joad]

17. I wish their funders/backers to join them in prison.

[Tom Joad]

12. quick! give these guys another contract. defunding these guys is off the table.

just watch congress allow renewing Blackwater contract... with "more accountability" verbiage thrown in.

[rubberducky]

13. If the mercs are not reined in, more of these incidents are bound to happen.

This story just makes me sick to my stomach.

[robinlynne]

14. Imagine what they would do to us....

[Marr]

15. And keep in mind that Blackwater's mercs are very international.

I wonder how Rush's fans would feel about, oh, let's just say Bolivian mercs disarming and humiliating US troops like this, all while making many times their salary? I wonder if they'll bow to the free market in this scenario?

[Amonester]

36. they R fine with it.

after all, disarming Rush's 'phony soldiers' is OK with them.

who do the neo cons love best? who do they pay more using our money we don't have yet?

[donsu]

37. yep, follow the money

nt

[Tom Joad]

16. List of congresspeople who are calling for removing Blackwater from Iraq,

please?

[TahitiNut]

18. Despicable but not surprising. People fail to fully appreciate the Truth in the symbolism of ...

[Crunchy Frog]

19. Neocons are trying to set up this country for an eventual civil war. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

20. Kick! n/t

[KansDem]

21. That photo...

Blackwater: C'mon guys, let's go get 'em!!!
US Soldiers: Yeah, whatever...

or...

US Soldiers: Hey, you guys, the enemy's this way!

[DeepModem Mom]

22. K&R

[CountAllVotes]

23. kick

:kick:

[Golden Raisin]

24. Where is Congress?

Where are the Joint Chiefs?
Where are Pelosi, Reid, Dean, etal?
Where are Clinton, Obama, Biden, etal?
Where is the media?
Where is the outrage?

These are (sadly) totally rhetorical questions since I know none of the above are going to do a goddamn thing. Oh, there'll be a few pieties & soundbites tossed around, maybe some talk, maybe some investigations --- but nothing will be done.

All of the above, and all Americans (including Republicans) should be screaming at the top of their lungs that Bush/Cheney have brought mercenaries into the picture. This is truly dangerous and truly scary --- a private army of stormtroopers. And we (the tax-paying public) are now paying for 2 armies: the official one and the mercenaries. Maybe Congress is waiting for the day that mercenaries kick in their doors and start arresting Congresspeople and dragging them off to (Halliburton) domestic internment camps. Oops, it'll be too late then.

[Diclotican]

25. donsu

donsu

US army disarmed by mercanies??????.. Amazing I have never belived that to be the case.. If I was comanding officer, I wil make a hell about it... Not just get the information out on the reason not to be named.. O dear the hell I have given my superiors and the blackwater...

It is a REASON that it is the ARMY who have the weapon in a country, not mercanies as Blackwater

I doubt that Blackwater is the new SS as some have pointed ut, but its true that SS sometimes disarmed Whermact units if they wanted.. But they was given the hell if the officers was knowing it. Even SS was not allowed to do exactly as they pleased.. Wel not before the late stage of the war in germany itself....

The Neocons dosent like US troops, if it was up to them, the private groups should run the army, from the kitchen to the frontline... I belive it is wrong, dead wrong to let private contractors given acess to weapon, they are not trutfull to the country in case, but for their stock, and money..

Diclotican

Sorry my bad engelish, not my native language

[donsu]

29. I'm wondering what is going on behind the scenes on this incident

things must be all a roil in the military bubble

[Diclotican]

38. donsu

donsu

I dont know, but I belive it are a brewing thing of something in the militar bubble that we on the outside dosent know about, or maybe wil know when someone want to speak out.. I guess we have to read this books about generals who write their memories in the decades to follow.. Someway this "incident" wil come out in more than One surce of information. The republicans, or the Neo-con can never get this silenced forver..

I belive that many high ranking officers is really pissed off about Blacwater, about the mercanises and want to end it, someway somehow.. I guess the only thing that are not getting the officers to blalant revolt is the fact that they all had sworn a oat to the american republic.. And you dosent breat that without reason.. And even that this may be a reason enough, they are not been pushet THAT far yet.. But if/when the generals are pissed enough, you should never under estimate the armed forces.. Many that have belived that the military forces are lojal, what ever happenend have experienced the opposite effect when they eventually "snapp".. 20 romans emperor can write it down as a fact,they was all killed by their own guards...

If I was comanding officers on the ground and was experienced this type of behavior for "my soldiers" I wil track down ALL the blacwater "soldiers" and send then tru a boot camp they never experienced before... They wil not put a gun in the face of the US army after that.. With that type of peopole you have to be tuff, tuffer than they want to be seen as... And I guess The US army is tuff enough - even that I belive the british is better soldiers then;)

And in a sidenote. Have you ever woundered that the the last name in the Neo-cons sounds like a criminal (a con artist and so on).. Something that just hit mee now;)

Diclotican

Sorry my bad engelish, not my native language

[Broadslidin]

26. Murder sanctioned by Our U.S. State Department, No Problem, simply Lie When Questioned.

And should I be surprised,
when the
inevitable violent act of blood revenge occurs?

[gordianot]

27. This shows Blackwater FEARS U.S. troops, maybe they have cause to fear.

There are many stories out there we do not know and will never know, now that Govt. has almost total media control.

[donsu]

30. an interesting point of view to explore

nt

[Wapsie B]

31. What an outrage!

The fundie bastard who founded this company of mercs needs to be put alone in a room with about 20 soldiers.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

32. "Gossip"? Methinks Ms Tyrrell can go straight to hell!!! eom

[pansypoo53219]

34. Bush-leaving no

REPUBLIKKKAN profiteer behind.

[ooglymoogly]

35. This is treason

and the United States Military rolled over. We have indeed been taken over by corpworld.

[Initech]

39. Argh, I fucking hate Blackwater.

They are a serious threat at home and abroad, and what is the press more concerned with? Obama's jewelry. Fucking A.