Blackwater and the Drug War

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/67727/
Blackwater Mercenaries Poised to Get Fat New Pentagon Contract for "Drug War"
By August Cole, Wall Street Journal. Posted November 13, 2007.

They're being thrown out of Iraq, they carry a reputation of being brutal and undisciplined killers, but the DoD may have something sweet lined up for Blackwater.

A Defense Department contract involving antidrug training missions may test the durability of the political controversy over Blackwater Worldwide's security work in Iraq.

The Moyock, N.C., company, which was involved in a September shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead, is one of five military contractors competing for as much as $15 billion over five years to help fight a narcotics trade that the government says finances terrorist groups.

Also competing for contracts from the Pentagon's Counter Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office are military-industry giants Raytheon Co., Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Corp., as well as Arinc Inc., a smaller aerospace and technology contractor.

The contracts are expected to be awarded as the need arises, so the Pentagon's level of concern about employing Blackwater will likely be measured over time and by...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tXQgdKQDDws

I love that Kucinich isn't afraid to say so.

I'm not a user but I know several from around here are dead now because of it, or what I think was the biggest contributing factor in their deaths anyway. I prefered going the other direction and drink so I did that and guess what it about kilted me too. just can't win for loosing when it comes to drugs I guess.

with the side benefit of keeping the drug trade *very* profitable.

Funding terrorists indeed...

I have peripheral arterial disease and I find the weed a much better pain medication than the conventional pain medication hydrocodone. plus its not killing my liver like the tylenol in them is doing I'm sure

Anything with a name that convoluted has to be up to no good. Spark a joint, and you may be descended upon by the Counter Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office, or even worse, one of it's no-bid contractors. It's getting to be easier to list those few people who aren't counted as enemies by this admin, than the massive growing numbers of "evil-doers".

to usher in more of the Meth Monster from the huge, multi-million dollar labs across the border.