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2012-10-15 Africa North

UK firm with Benghazi consulate contract had little in-country experience

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Posted by Pappy 2012-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The Daily Telegraph has learned that relations between the firm and its Libyan partner had broken down, leading to the withdrawal of Darryl Davies

Translation: $387,000. won't even cover my own contract and travel let alone the wages and bribes these buggers are asking for. This place is a disaster ready to happen. Stuff it. I'm outta here!

Posted by Besoeker 2012-10-15 02:57|| 2012-10-15 02:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, you trashed Blackwater/XE for saving your skins in Iraq, had a pique and selected someone else. How's that working out for you all.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-10-15 08:57|| 2012-10-15 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 They would never have hired Blackwater/XE - the narrative was supposed to be that native Libyans were all stable and democratic, so there was no need for US security beyond a nominal and unarmed presence.

Posted by lotp 2012-10-15 10:14|| 2012-10-15 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 ...same class of people who write RoEs for Afghanistan [or Chicago for that matter].

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-10-15 10:43|| 2012-10-15 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 The edge of the consulate was the US border...

Why did they need any more than bean bag guns?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-10-15 11:17|| 2012-10-15 11:17|| Front Page Top

#6 How much did they contribute to teh One's campaign?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-10-15 11:58|| 2012-10-15 11:58|| Front Page Top

#7 But the biggest problem is that they were hiring local Libyan guards for $4/hour. Really - they were. Do you honestly expect that these kinds of guys will stick around when the security situation goes to he**-in-a-handbasket? As always ... you get what you pay for.

Posted by Raider 2012-10-15 13:19|| 2012-10-15 13:19|| Front Page Top

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