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US official accused of secretly hunting insurgents

Published: 16 March, 2010, 03:41
Edited: 17 March, 2010, 11:32


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The US Defense Department has launched an investigation into the claims that a Pentagon official set up an illegal deal with private security contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

 
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Kihnu March 16, 2010, 14:15 quote
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“The purpose of gathering this intelligence was to pinpoint those people who are considered by the US as Islamic insurgents or terrorists who are the source of trouble for the US." In other words, any Iraqi man woman or child who doesn't "love" the American occupation. If an Iraqi show disrespect to a passing American convoy, he or she runs the risk of being shot dead on the spot or being grabbed by the occupiers, a black hood being put over his/her head and thrown into the back of a truck - destination unknown. And, the Americans will crow to the world that they have captured another al Qaeda "terrorist". This is the reality in American occupied Iraq - and Afghanistan. America is violently trashing about in Afghanistan and Iraq because the Pentagon knows that they were sucked into a trap set by Al Qaeda. Once America sent ground troops into the huge area of Afghanistan and Iraq, the trap door closed behind them. America does not have enough troops to force the Afghans and Iraqis into accepting their occupation, thus they need private armies of mercenaries such as the Blackwater killers and individual "Rambos" to implement their plan to terrorize the Afghan and Iraqi people into submission. One consequence of America's brutal occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq is that Americans are being desensitized to the value of human life. Bush welcomed all the misfits, criminally insane, or delusional gunslingers to come and help him beat the occupied peoples into submission. But, there will be payback to America for spawning such evil in Afghanistan and Iraq. So go ahead Pentagon generals and your mercenary sidekicks, have your fun while you still have the time. America ceases to be a white nation in about 30 years and whites will no longer rule the land. Then, perhaps America will be less bloodthirsty than she is today.

Kihnu March 16, 2010, 15:13 quote
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"Instead, however, the contractors – made up of former CIA and Special Forces personnel – were allegedly spying on suspected insurgents with the intent of later assassinating them. " Where else but in Afghanistan and Iraq can these mutants play out their fantasies of hunting down and killing human beings? Afghanistan and Iraq is a blood soaked playpen for anyone (Christians and Muslims) who enjoys tormenting and killing fellow humans. The oscar winning American movie "Hurt Locker" depicts an individual living a life on the edge of danger as he disarms IED bombs in Iraq. He sacrifices everything he had in his normal life for a chance of excitement in Iraq. He keeps extending his assignments in Iraq rather than returning home to his wife and child. Sometimes when humans have had a taste of human blood, they become intoxicated with it. That is why wars must be avoided at all cost - something that President Bush did not consider when he launched his "shock and awe" attack on defenseless Iraq.

Rex Smith March 17, 2010, 08:33 quote
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Does anyone really think Mr. Furlong is doing something that the US government is unaware of and Obama does not know about. President Obama campaigned on the promise that he wanted to go after insurgents in Pakistan even if the Pakistani Government rejected the American presence. Any group of people in the name of religion that harm their own wives by mutilation in the name of God is evil. May God bless you Mr. Furlong. Keep up the good work.

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