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Afghanistan, Blackwater, Iraq, Obama
Nov. 12th, 2009 07:42 amAmbassador opposes Afghan surge
Karl Eikenberry, the US ambassador in Kabul, has written to the White House to oppose sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Eikenberry said President Karzai's government should first prove it would tackle corruption.
Obama may be afraid of Blackwater
Blackwater continues to do brisk business in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and the Obama administration may be too afraid of the firm to do anything about it, says investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill.
Bribes to Iraqi officials kept Blackwater in Iraq despite the Iraqi government ordering Blackwater out of the country after the 2007 Nissour Square massacre.
Karl Eikenberry, the US ambassador in Kabul, has written to the White House to oppose sending thousands more troops to Afghanistan. Eikenberry said President Karzai's government should first prove it would tackle corruption.
Obama may be afraid of Blackwater
Blackwater continues to do brisk business in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and the Obama administration may be too afraid of the firm to do anything about it, says investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill.
Bribes to Iraqi officials kept Blackwater in Iraq despite the Iraqi government ordering Blackwater out of the country after the 2007 Nissour Square massacre.
