Thread: Blackwater guards joined CIA in Afghan raids

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Employees of the Blackwater private security company took part in secret CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Friday, citing former employees and intelligence officials.



Blackwater contractors, who gained notoriety for abuses in Iraq, including the killing of 17 civilians in Baghdad in September 2007, participated in Central Intelligence Agency "snatch and grab" missions to capture or kill insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Times.



"It became a very brotherly relationship," an unnamed former top CIA officer told the newspaper. "There was a feeling that Blackwater eventually became an extension of the agency."



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Extension of the Agency? Uh oh. And this is Obama doing this? I thought he hated Neo-Cons?

[quote name='nonsqtr' date='11 December 2009 - 10:44 AM' timestamp='1260546290' post='77505']

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Employees of the Blackwater private security company took part in secret CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Friday, citing former employees and intelligence officials.



Blackwater contractors, who gained notoriety for abuses in Iraq, including the killing of 17 civilians in Baghdad in September 2007, participated in Central Intelligence Agency "snatch and grab" missions to capture or kill insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Times.



"It became a very brotherly relationship," an unnamed former top CIA officer told the newspaper. "There was a feeling that Blackwater eventually became an extension of the agency."



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Extension of the Agency? Uh oh. And this is Obama doing this? I thought he hated Neo-Cons?

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Wrong President. Look at the timeline.