Iraq TOO DANGEROUS for Private Security Firms Kroll and Bechtel

[Coexist]

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/010724.php

(November 01, 2006 -- 04:03 PM EDT)
I think this is what's called a bad sign (from the AP) ...

Manhattan security company Kroll has withdrawn its bodyguard teams from Iraq and Afghanistan after it lost four workers in Iraq, its parent company said Wednesday.

Michael Cherkasky, president and chief executive of Kroll owner Marsh & McLennan Cos., told The Associated Press that the business in the two countries wasn't worth risking the lives of their employees.

Too dangerous for the hired paramilitaries.

Late Update: Apparently Bechtel has just announced they're pulling out too.

Iraq: Not secure enough for mercenaries. Helluva job.

-- Josh Marshall

[Ilsa]

1. Here ya go....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2541179&mesg_id=2541179

And I pulled together these links from earlier today.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Send Hannity and the fat pig over there. They say we're doing just fine

[Kikosexy2]

3. Nope this is not...

enough for Repigs and their followers...so "stay the course" ...uugghh!!

[wholetruth00]

4. Boy, that's going to save the country a lot of money. What good were they

anyway? What did they ever stop and who did they protect?

[Coexist]

5. Here is some info - they protect "important people" and projects.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10547-2005Apr22.html

[OzarkDem]

6. Chickenhawks are abandoning the Green Zone

Their dreams of a GOP oil state in Iraq are circling the drain as civil war takes over.

[OzarkDem]

7. kick n/t