Mainecat Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I’m not surprised... US Contractors Accused of Funding Taliban Attacks Against American Troops Last edited Sat Dec 28, 2019, 03:12 PM - Edit history (1) The entire article is a must read..... WASHINGTON (CN) — Nearly 400 people who were either wounded while serving in the U.S. military in Afghanistan or are family members of service members who died in the conflict sued a group of companies on Friday they say helped fund attacks against Americans by making protection payments to the Taliban. “Defendants supported the Taliban for a simple reason: Defendants were all large Western companies with lucrative businesses in post-9/11 Afghanistan, and they all paid the Taliban to refrain from attacking their business interests,” the 288-page complaint filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. on Friday states. “Those protection payments aided and abetted terrorism by directly funding an al-Qaeda-backed Taliban insurgency that killed and injured thousands of Americans.” Relying on confidential witnesses, internal documents and publicly available information from journalists, government watchdogs and congressional hearings, the complaint alleges companies that worked in war-torn Afghanistan commonly acceded to the Taliban’s mob-style demands for payment in exchange for the guarantee that their businesses interests would not be attacked. One unnamed American executive who worked in Afghanistan is quoted in the complaint as saying “We don’t need any security if the payments are made. Nobody f—s with us.” The payments allegedly climbed as high as 40% of the value of the company’s project and were often facilitated through subcontractors. The subcontractors, such as private security firms that were known to pay off the Taliban, would sometimes send money through Afghanistan’s traditional money transfer network, which can be hard to trace. Other times, the companies would simply hire Taliban operatives to work as guards. https://www.courthousenews.com/us-contractors-accused-of-funding-taliban-attacks-against-american-troops/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Crappie Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 If true that is seriously fucked up. Heads should roll. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy davey Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I bet Trump ordered this shit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted December 28, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted December 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, Big Crappie said: If true that is seriously fucked up. Heads should roll. Yes... the CEO and the higher ups that knew of this need the entire wealth of family be stripped and then dressed into US military uniforms and parachuted into ISIS stronghold territories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Crappie Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, BOHICA said: Yes... the CEO and the higher ups that knew of this need the entire wealth of family be stripped and then dressed into US military uniforms and parachuted into ISIS stronghold territories. wearing a suicide vest with remote control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted December 28, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 28, 2019 14 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: So you have no problem with this shit and only care about taking a shot at the person posting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 what do we call the bags of cash the military was handing out like candy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted December 29, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted December 29, 2019 Be interesting to see how this lawsuit shakes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: So you have no problem with this shit and only care about taking a shot at the person posting it? He always does. Illiterates such as himself have nothing to add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Those contractors are amateurs Compared to Obambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Sleepr2 said: Those contractors are amateurs Compared to Obambi Kill yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Just now, f7ben said: Kill yourself Pointing out the pallets of cash Obambi gave a terrorist country triggerd ya eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Sleepr2 said: Pointing out the pallets of cash Obambi gave a terrorist country triggerd ya eh? Derp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 minute ago, f7ben said: Derp 400 million in cash didn’t bother you eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOnManOral Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 So if you own a business and are being extorted you are now the criminal? Interesting how a simple black and white thing can be twisted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Sleepr2 said: 400 million in cash didn’t bother you eh? Derpy derp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 20 minutes ago, f7ben said: Derpy derp so you got nothing but turrets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Sleepr2 said: Pointing out the pallets of cash Obambi gave a terrorist country triggerd ya eh? It was Irani money that was frozen. 6 minutes ago, Ez ryder said: so you got nothing but turrets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 minute ago, SSFB said: It was Irani money that was frozen. so what if it was there money . wh6 had if frozen for years,for a reason. that reason is we knew exactly what they would spend it on . and guess what they were correct . fuck iran they have been cunts for decades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Ez ryder said: so what if it was there money . wh6 had if frozen for years,for a reason. that reason is we knew exactly what they would spend it on . and guess what they were correct . fuck iran they have been cunts for decades Yeah, lets just continue the standoff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted December 29, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 29, 2019 9 hours ago, ManOnManOral said: So if you own a business and are being extorted you are now the criminal? Interesting how a simple black and white thing can be twisted. IN some peoples eyes, yes. Yet the same thing was done in Columbia with Chiquita , dole and other Banana exporters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Suddenly McLiar is concerned about business being extorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Muslims win again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I was just waiting for MC to explain his stance on this on why he “isn’t surprised”. Apparently, the article didn’t tell him how to feel about it? Maddow will give him his thoughts tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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