Karzai Rails Against America in Diatribe

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Source: The New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai accused the United States on Monday of exporting killing to Afghanistan by giving contracts to private security companies. It was the latest chapter of a bitter battle between the president and his allies in the war against the Taliban that has taken on an increasingly anti-Western tone.

Tensions escalated on several fronts as the president confirmed at a news conference that he was receiving money from Iran and refused to back down on his deadline to close the security firms.

“The money starts in the name of the private security companies in the hallways of the U.S. government ,” Mr. Karzai said. “The profits are made and arranged there.” The money then goes to private security firms, he said, adding, “then they send the money to kill people here.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/world/asia/26karzai.html

[msongs]

1. Karzai is smarter than we thought lol nt

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Nah, the Iranians...

are just giving him bigger bags of money.

[ixion]

2. War, Inc.

:(

[madrchsod]

3. i think it`s time to leave...

the carter/reagan doctrine is dead.

[applegrove]

4. He just wants in on those private security contracts because until now they cut him and money for

him, $$$$$, out of the loop.

[customerserviceguy]

5. Exactly

Maybe we can start a mercenary fund to have him taken out when he's exiled from Afghanistan (in other words, when the jig is up) and he goes to live off of his Swiss bank account.

[eridani]

7. Wonder how long Lambchop is going to get by with--

--repeatedly biting Ms Shari on the nose.