Blackwater withdraws from international association imposing standards on "peace operations"

[BurtWorm]

From majikthise.com:

http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2007/10/blackwater-with.html

The private security firm Blackwater withdrew from the International Peace Operations Association, an industry group.

Here's the press release issued by the IPOA:

Press Release - October 12, 2007

We have received notification from Blackwater USA that they are formally withdrawing from the membership of the International Peace Operations Association, effective October 10, 2007.

Blackwater USA joined IPOA in August 2004 and was a member in good standing.

In recent weeks, IPOA was actively engaged with senior management at Blackwater USA, both through our Standards Committee and our Executive Committee, to ensure that they were fully compliant with the IPOA Code of Conduct. On October 8, 2007 the IPOA Executive Committee authorized the Standards Committee to initiate an independent review process of Blackwater USA to ascertain whether Blackwater USA's processes and procedures were fully sufficient to ensure compliance with the IPOA Code of Conduct.

All IPOA member companies are required to follow the IPOA Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct is a set of ethical and professional guidelines for companies in the peace and stability operations industry. The Code stresses human rights, corporate ethics, International Humanitarian Law, transparency, accountability, and responsibility and professionalism in relationships with employees, clients, and partner companies.

Draw your own conclusions.

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[Greyskye]

1. I'm shocked!

:sarcasm:

[woodsprite]

2. Hmmm. Could it mean they have enough people in place to move to step 2? n/t

[BurtWorm]

5. Who needs international standards when you have Jayzuz and George Bush looking over you?

:patriot:

[mediaman007]

3. I'm going to guess that when they withdraw from the IPOA, the

United States government will sever all ties with this "renegade" organization...NOT!

[madokie]

4. You know something tells me that a bunch of the congress critters have witnessed blackwater and the

other security contractor's heavy handedness personally on their trips to the green zone. several of them have made more than one trip too so that increases their odds even more of having been witness too these crimes so the bushco* crew will hang that over their heads that if they don't go along get along then the out the whole bunch of them. I'm saying the bush crew do not play fair nor on a level playing field.