Inquiry Finds Guards at U.S. Bases Are Tied to Taliban

**moving-target** · 10-07-10, 08:21 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/wo...ontractor.html

WASHINGTON — Afghan private security forces with ties to the Taliban, criminal networks and Iranian intelligence have been hired to guard American military bases in Afghanistan, exposing United States soldiers to surprise attack and confounding the fight against insurgents, according to a Senate investigation.

Inquiry Finds Guards at U.S. Bases Are Tied to Taliban-obamafacepalm-jpg

**Muqtar SGT_Clintok** · 10-08-10, 06:08 AM

It would be nearly impossible to find locals who aren't dirty in one form or another. Pretty sure that was the driving factor behind private security firms rise over the past 9 years.

**Consultant** · 10-08-10, 07:07 AM

Yeah, I was gonna say - it'd be awfully hard to find a local without linkages to those groups. "Ties" could be anything - family, in-laws, friends with...

I know people in the military, so some would say I have "ties" to the military.

**triggerhappy2005** · 10-08-10, 07:45 AM

I would have to agree with Consultant on this. The only thing I'm curious about is what that picture of Obama has to do with the article.

**Consultant** · 10-08-10, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by triggerhappy2005

I would have to agree with Consultant on this.

Woo, this Friday is off to a good start!

**moving-target** · 10-08-10, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by triggerhappy2005

I would have to agree with Consultant on this. The only thing I'm curious about is what that picture of Obama has to do with the article.

well i could imagine if i was president and found out we had taliban guarding US bases i'd face palm so i imagined he did also

military personnel did not even know the names of the leaders of the Afghan groups providing base security, the investigators found. So they used the nicknames that the contractor was using — Mr. White and Mr. Pink from “Reservoir Dogs,” the 1992 gangster movie by Quentin Tarantino. Mr. Pink was later determined to be a “known Taliban” figure, they reported.