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2009-01-29 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-29 10:03|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 looks like the US govenment could hire anyone they want too on embassy grounds too protect the diplomats

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-01-29 11:11|| 2009-01-29 11:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, RW, the Marines are usually posted to guard embassies. The problem with hiring Blackwater to guard INSIDE the compound is that they can't LEAVE the compound under this new rule. You need to have someone that can travel with the diplomats wherever they go. Since things are winding down in Iraq, there isn't much need for the Blackwater people. I see this as more or less an exercise of sovereignty more than anything else.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-01-29 11:37|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-01-29 11:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Hip hip hurray!

Hip hip hurray!

NOW BACK IN THE ROPE LOCKER!

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-01-29 11:51|| 2009-01-29 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Yup, it's for domestic consumption.

Posted by Steve White 2009-01-29 11:52|| 2009-01-29 11:52|| Front Page Top

#5 One of those things that say - The war is over. Heavy lifting no longer required. We won.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-29 12:29|| 2009-01-29 12:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Despite the name, Marines don't "guard" embassies in the way most people think. They are the final line of defense and have a very specific mission. They do not stand at the front gate and screen visitors. Nor do they perform PSD-type jobs as bodyguards for ambassadors. The need for PSDs will not go away but looks like BW in Iraq will.

Posted by Bnagkok Billy 2009-01-29 13:17|| 2009-01-29 13:17|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm curious about the security for the massive new embassy complex, which I watched being built but never set foot in. One side fronts the river, the other side presumably will have the road well blocked and regulated.

Blackwater's contract with Dip. Security is worldwide, I believe (sort of like the global contract that KBR has for LOGCAP). But I'd think DS could just hire Aegis or DynCorp or some other similar outfit for Baghdad. During 2005/2006 Blackwater was not used for security inside DOS areas - that went to Global and other companies. So this shouldn't be a big deal.

Posted by Verlaine 2009-01-29 13:17|| 2009-01-29 13:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Blackwater employees who have not been implicated in the shooting have the right to work with a different employer.

If the Clintons don't have a copyright on the name you could start a new company called Whitewater and hire all the former Blackwater employees.

It's kind of like Microsoft Vista. It won't sell so you doll it up and rename it System 7.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-29 17:45|| 2009-01-29 17:45|| Front Page Top

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