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To: Webster Groves who wrote (271806)	12/6/2009 10:07:16 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Again.. there's no such company names "Blackwater".. ;0) The Pakistani media should be a little more accurate in their reporting. HOWEVER, if there are security contractors operating in Pakistan, I would suspect they are doing so WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE of pertinent authorities within Pakistan. In fact, it's possible that the Pakistani government officials who would approve such operations are looking to such organizations to do such things that their own organizations, or those of the US, cannot do. Pakistan is a VITAL LINK to unraveling Militant Islam in the region. I don't want to see their nuclear weapons fall under the control of the Taliban any more than the moderate Pakistani authorities do. So.. from my perspective, this is an internal power struggle within Pakistan, full of rumours and innuendoes based upon few facts. But I would be surprised if THIS administration would be spending money on security contractors deployed in Pakistan without having some kind of "SOFA" style agreement with the relevant Pakistani authorities. Now.. why don't you show the same kind of outrage over Arab "Mercenaries" operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan as Al Qaida operatives? Hawk