Wednesday
Feb242010
Blackwater Purloined Weapons From Afghan Army
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 5:33PM
By Sofia Sanchez University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service
Paravant, a subsidiary of the contractor formerly known as Blackwater, was assigned with weapons training for the Afghan National Army. Instead, individuals from the company stole 500 AK-47s.
Blackwater employees took the heat from the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services Wednesday about their personnel's misconduct.
“These are weapons that belonged to the Afghan National Police-not Blackwater. And it is only on the eve of this hearing that the company is giving the majority of them back to the Afghan government,” said Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.).
According to a November 19, 2009 letter from CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, “there is no current or past written policy, order, directive, or instruction that allows U.S. Military contractors or subcontractors in Afghanistan to use weapons stored in 22 Bunkers.”
Paravant, a subsidiary of the contractor formerly known as Blackwater, was assigned with weapons training for the Afghan National Army. Instead, individuals from the company stole 500 AK-47s.
Blackwater employees took the heat from the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services Wednesday about their personnel's misconduct.
“These are weapons that belonged to the Afghan National Police-not Blackwater. And it is only on the eve of this hearing that the company is giving the majority of them back to the Afghan government,” said Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.).
According to a November 19, 2009 letter from CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, “there is no current or past written policy, order, directive, or instruction that allows U.S. Military contractors or subcontractors in Afghanistan to use weapons stored in 22 Bunkers.”
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