Blackwater accused of Bhutto & Hariri killing
Blackwater (Xe) accused of Bhutto & Hariri assassinations
http://seeker401.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/blackwater-xe-accused-of-bhutt...
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http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=203224
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s former chief of army staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg (ret.), has said the U.S. private security company Blackwater was directly involved in the assassinations of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Blackwater later changed its name and is now known as Xe.
General Beg recently told the Saudi Arabian daily Al Watan that former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf had given Blackwater the green light to carry out terrorist operations in the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, and Quetta.
General Beg, who was chief of army staff during Benazir Bhutto’s first administration, said U.S. officials always kept the presence of Blackwater in Pakistan secret because they were afraid of possible attacks on the U.S. Embassy and its consulates in Pakistan.
During an interview with a Pakistani TV network last Sunday, Beg claimed that the United States killed Benazir Bhutto.
Beg stated that the former Pakistani prime minister was killed in an international conspiracy because she had decided to back out of the deal through which she had returned to the country after nine years in exile.
Beg also said he believes that the former director general of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence was not an accomplice in the conspiracy against Benazir Bhutto, although she did not trust him.
The retired Pakistani general also stated that Benazir Bhutto was a sharp politician but was not as prudent as her father.
On September 2, the U.S. ambassador to Islamabad, Anne W. Patterson, intervened with one of the largest newspaper groups in Pakistan, The News International, to force it to block a decade-old weekly column by Dr. Shireen Mazari scheduled for publication on September 3 in which Mazari, the former director of the Islamabad Institute of Strategic Studies, broke the story of Blackwater/Xe’s presence in Pakistan.
The management of The News International dismissed one of the country’s most prominent academics and journalists due to U.S. pressure. She joined the more independent daily The Nation last week as an editor.
On September 9, in her first column in The Nation, Dr. Mazari wrote:
“Now, even if one were to ignore the massive purchases of land by the U.S., the questionable manner in which the expansion of the U.S. Embassy is taking place and the threatening covert activities of the U.S. and its ‘partner in crime’ Blackwater; the unregistered comings and goings of U.S. personnel on chartered flights; we would still find it difficult to see the whole aid disbursement issue as anything other than a sign of U.S. gradual occupation. It is no wonder we have the term Af-Pak: Afghanistan they control through direct occupation loosely premised on a UN resolution; Pakistan they are occupying as a result of willingly ceded sovereignty by the past and present leadership.”
According to Al Watan, Washington even used Blackwater forces to protect its consulate in the city of Peshawar.
In addition, U.S. journalist Seymour Hersh has accused former U.S vice president Dick Cheney of being involved in the Hariri assassination.
He said Cheney was in charge of a secret team that was tasked with assassinating prominent political figures.
After the assassination of Rafik Hariri in 2005, the U.S. and a number of other countries pointed the finger at Syria, although conclusive evidence has never been presented proving Syrian involvement in the murder.
Blackwater covert activities in pakistan:
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Po...
Islamabad – US private security outfit Blackwater has begun to expand its presence in Karachi port city in the backdrop of the Peshawar debacle last month when Craig Davis a suspected operative of the US company was caught red handed involved in objectionable activities.
Well-placed sources told The Nation on Monday that Blackwater, which has been operating in the region including in Afghanistan and Pakistan under different names, is believed to have hired on rent at least seven private houses in posh Defence area of Karachi port city.
Sources were not sure whether the move to hire houses was part of any long-term strategy or as a stopgap arrangement because plans were afoot to hire services of retired personnel of Pakistani law enforcement agencies to oversea various operations including logistical support to handle consignments of the US private security company.
It was further learnt from knowledgeable sources that Blackwater had acquired hundreds of acres of land near Pataro in Sindh in order to launch a supposedly Agriculture Research Institute.
Craig Davis along with some other US citizens came into spotlight in Peshawar after their Pakistani neighbours wrote a letter to the Interior Ministry demanding a thorough probe into their dubious activities.
Later Craig Davis was identified as operative of Creative Associates International Inc; a Washington- based US firm believed to be one the wings of Blackwater, now renamed Xe Worldwide. Davis, who had to leave Pakistan, is learnt to have returned again and resumed his “official” activities.
However, despite frequent attempts, it was not immediately possible to contact the US Embassy to confirm the status of Craig Davis.
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- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)
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Source:
- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)
...now, when every Pakistani knows about the presence & involvement of "Black Waters" or "Xe" & other foreign agencies in Pakistan...I dont blame them at all. Its the people from inside to be blamed for giving room to these outsiders. Once the insiders are dealt with.....handling these outsiders would be just a piece of cake.
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and seeing an individual as the foe, doesn't effectively combat some of the ideologies that present the greatest threat, like neo-conservatism and Islamic extremism.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
mess they have made in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's just that I think it is foolish to continue to believe that all bad guys come from the US (as if there are no problems except for those) and that there are no political agitators in Pakistan and Lebanon.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
You hit the nail on the head.. There has to be a bogey Man to focus the masses on..
OBL, Sadam, George W ......
Thanks, but not me, dear. If I were president I would have to live in Washington and I hate the traffic there! :-P
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
Well that Article is pretty laughable for reason i won't get into here... as i will offend alot of people.
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The Tehran Times!!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I am surprised that they did not blame the BBC - perhaps even the Tehran Times lives in fear of the David Attenborough, Mishal Hussain, Terry Wogan and Del Boy Trotter Ninja Death Squad!
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not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
Definitely your name is in top of QL name list.
Be careful for QL long list of names, they are embossed into my toilet tissue roll.
Your name is probably the next one to be stain severely!
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I know my country's hands are not always clean. I realize it makes you feel all secure to think everything is the fault of the BIG BAD USA but..... ahhhh never mind. You clearly need a boogey man to believe in....
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
of blackwater mercenaries operating in iraq... the way they made fun while shooting/killing somebody was NOT how a soldier should behave on the battlefield. right then and there i feel hatred for these guys.
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Mirza Aslam Baig himself is a loony!....take any statement coming from likes of ex-ISI cons with a pinch of salt. For that matter most of "retired" pakistani army-ISI a.k.a. wannabe strategists churn out conspiracy theories mainly because their American/Saudi/Chinese benefactors stop the flow of money.
No wonder pakistan is reduced to be a rentier state!
PM you seem to be quite sure that the americans had no hand in the Bhutto or the Hariri assassination. Is this premised on a blind admiration of the US and its institutions or is it because you are not familiar with how the US and it's intelligence agencies work?
Let me give you some background reading to refine your thinking so that you are au fait with some truths:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/20/cia-blackwater-assassination-programme
http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/02-81/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-dc-cia-blackwater,0,7147389.story
I could provide a 1000 links to factual of CIA operations in which foreign leaders were assassinated. But then I don't think this will cause surprise to those who are well read.
Both in Lebanon and Pakistan, the US has played a clandestine role in ensuring its preferred leaders are in power. Did you know that the CIA set up the pakistani intelligence service, ISI? This was back in the 60's after General Yahya came to power. It was via the ISI the CIA channelled money, weapons and training to the so called afghan 'mujahideen' that fought americas war against the soviets as admitted by the former national security advisor to Carter.
As for Lebanon, everyone knows that it is a land full of spies. American involvement there goes a long way back. The sectarian differences are fuelled, supported and in many cases agitated by foreign powers vying for control. It seems america wishes to change the political landscape in lebanon because the current political set up does not suit the current times...
dThe sad thing is that the nations do not change.. Hariri died and his son became powerful. Bhutto died and her son and husband came to prominance...
in lebanon evry one know the truth about who assassinated prime m.hariri and look to the name of the newspaper who display now this information and interview with some leader to know its not true and they just want to make ppl lost about the truth which its soon coming
death, you have found a friend in Maza, the conspiracy theorist. lol
Both Lebanon and Pakistan have a long history of civil war/unrest and violence among local groups vying for political control. Neither country NEEDS the CIA to screw things up because they already are.
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
maybe black water had hand with assasinations of Bhutto but for sure not with hariri coz we have international court and soon the truth will appear to evry one and we know its not blackwater but some ppl soon u will know them
Actually; when it comes to killing leaders then the US and its intelligence agencies are experts..the CIA has been actively involved in assasinations of political leaders over the last 40 years or so. The recent use of Blackwater is actually no surprise...contracting out murder was convenient for the US administration..
As Kissinger once said" America has no friends but interests"
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM
So a private secuirty firm assasinates political leaders so it can source more business.... great business model if it is true....
Lebabnon and Pakistan have proved over the last 30 years that they have plenty of armed men and women ready to kill for leaders of various sects and organisations. I don't think they need any help from the outside.