U.S. Looks for Blackwater Replacement in Iraq- Dyncorp Anyone?

[Orwellian_Ghost]

U.S. Looks for Blackwater Replacement in Iraq

By JAMES RISEN and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
Published: January 29, 2009

WASHINGTON — As Iraq moved to force Blackwater Worldwide out of the country, the State Department asked two other American companies how quickly they could take over the company’s contract to provide personal security for American diplomats in Baghdad, several American officials said Thursday.

Iraqi government officials announced this week that they had refused to give a license to operate to Blackwater, whose guards were involved in shootings that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead in Baghdad in September 2007.

The State Department responded Thursday by saying that it would comply with Iraq’s order, though a spokesman said no decision had yet been made on how the department would replace Blackwater.

But last month, State Department officials met with representatives from Blackwater and two other security contractors, Dyncorp International and Triple Canopy, said participants in the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the subject.

Under the State Department’s current contract, the companies divided diplomatic security work along regional lines in Iraq. Blackwater holds the largest contract because it handles security in central Iraq, including Baghdad and the American Embassy.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/world/middleeast/30blackwater.html?_r=1



CSC/ DynCorp

The world's premier rent-a-cop business runs the security show in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the US-Mexico border. They also run the coca crop-dusting business in Colombia, and occasional sex trafficking sorties in Bosnia. But what can you expect from a bunch of mercenaries?

CEO: Van Honeycutt
Military contracts 2005: $2.8 billion

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http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=18

[balantz]

1. That didn't take our Nazi government a second. Biznezz az uzual. n/t

[yourout]

2. What is wrong with good old American GIs?