By GottaLaff
At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an investigation by The Nation has found. The Blackwater operatives also assist in gathering intelligence and help run a secret US military drone bombing campaign that runs parallel to the well-documented CIA predator strikes, according to a well-placed source within the US military intelligence apparatus.Feeling safe now? Oh, and there's this:
The source, who has worked on covert US military programs for years, including in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has direct knowledge of Blackwater's involvement. He spoke to The Nation on condition of anonymity because the program is classified. The source said that the program is so "compartmentalized" that senior figures within the Obama administration and the US military chain of command may not be aware of its existence.
The previously unreported program, the military intelligence source said, is distinct from the CIA assassination program that the agency's director, Leon Panetta, announced he had canceled in June 2009.Scary, huh? Xe what BushCo's outsourcing hath wrought? We're talking about Pakistan here. We're not "officially" fighting over there, but that's okay. It's just a volatile mess of an area that has nukes and Blackwater has been given security clearance and they're lethal and kill people indiscriminately.
What's to worry about?
So wqhat are you waiting for... Go read and watch your blood pressure rise.
And again, if you need a quick primer on Blackwater, I wrote one up here called Blackwater for Dummeez.
Blackwater needs to go. Fat chance.
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