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Article

23 Nov 2009

Author:
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation [USA]

Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan

[M]embers of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value targets…inside…Pakistan...The Blackwater operatives also…help direct a secret US military drone bombing campaign… The source, who has worked on covert US military programs for years…has direct knowledge of Blackwater's involvement… “Xe Services has only one employee in Pakistan performing construction oversight for the U.S. Government," Blackwater spokesperson Mark Corallo said… A former senior executive at Blackwater confirmed the military intelligence source's claim that the company is working in Pakistan… According to the executive, Blackwater works on a subcontract for Kestral Logistics, a…Pakistani firm… "We are using contractors for things that in the past might have been considered to be a violation of the Geneva Convention," said Lt. Col. Addicott, who now runs the Center for Terrorism Law…in San Antonio, Texas [Also refers to Total Intelligence Solutions, Firecreek, Vision Americas]