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2019-12-28 Afghanistan

US contractors sued for allegedly paying ‘protection money' to the Taliban in Afghanistan

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-28 08:10|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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During the Karzai regime, many of the US Forward Operating Bases guard towers were manned by indigenous, contract personnel. This was done at Karzai's insistence with the contracts usually held by his close, personal friends. A worrisome looking lot I can assure you. Perhaps this will be looked into as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-28 08:21|| 2019-12-28 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 While we're on the topic of misdirected funding and "protection money", anyone wish to venture a guess as to why it took so long to ID the Haqqani Network as a Foreign Terrorist Organization ?

The US Government in 2012 designated the Haqqani Network as a Foreign Terrorist Organization because of its involvement in the Afghan insurgency, attacks on US military and civilian personnel and Western interests in Afghanistan, and because of its ties to the Taliban and al-Qa‘ida. In addition to designating the group, key members have also been individually designated. Haqqani leaders Saidullah Jan, Yahya Haqqani, and Muhammad Omar Zadran, as well as suicide operations chief Qari Abdul Ra‘uf (also known as Qari Zakir), and Ibrahim Haqqani, remain either designated for financial sanctions or are on US most-wanted lists.

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-28 08:50|| 2019-12-28 08:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Or why we are having such a hard time designating the cartels as terrorist organizations, too.

Posted by gorb 2019-12-28 09:19|| 2019-12-28 09:19|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ Excellent question Gorb, but I believe we already have the answer.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-28 09:27|| 2019-12-28 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 All they had to do was classify it as 'campaign contributions' like in the US. What? You don't think that's 'protection money'?

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-28 11:42|| 2019-12-28 11:42|| Front Page Top

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