52 private security firms operating in Afghanistan

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2010/August/international_August1017.xml§ion=international

Kabul defiant on private security firms despite fears (AFP)

19 August 2010, KABUL— The Afghan government is standing firm on its plan to disband all private security firms despite widespread concerns that the four-month deadline is too tight and could ultimately be self-defeating.

President Hamid Karzai’s decree, issued on Tuesday, ordered the 52 private security contractors operating in the country, both Afghan and international, to cease operations by January 1, 2011.

Deputy interior minister General Moneer Mangal this week sought to allay doubts that Afghanistan’s own security forces were capable of stepping into the breach amid a Taliban-led insurgency dragging towards its 10th year.

“I’m not saying that it’s not difficult but we must overcome this. We’ll do all we can to implement this plan,” he told reporters.

[msongs]

1. getting american corporate parasites and leeches out of afghanistan is gonna be difficult nt

[david13]

2. More like impossible. They say there are 10,000 or more "security

firms" operating right here in the usa. Maybe a million employees working on "security".
Whatever that is supposed to be.
I mean, other than a waste of money, and an employment program.
dc

[BeFree]

3. Imagine yourself...

...as a soldier of fortune. As a modern day hired killer.

It must be a grand time in Iraq or Afghanistan these days. The money is good and the targets are everywhere.

And what little law there is, is itself a killing machine.