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In reply to the discussion: Deadly Attack in Libya Was Major Blow to C.I.A. Efforts [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)6. Blackwater's also mixed up in this Libyan fighters to Syria regime change operation:
Note that Blackwater has its contracts with the State Dept, and State seems to be the driving force behind the regime change program.
LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS:
The US Government Sent Blackwater Veteran To Fight With Rebels In Libya And Syria
Michael Kelley|March 20, 2012|
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The former director of the security firm Blackwater aided the Libyan opposition and was subsequently sent to contact Syrian rebels in Turkey at the request of a U.S. Government committee, according to leaked Stratfor emails reported on by Al-Akhbar English.
Jamie F. Smith, former director of Blackwater, is currently the chief executive of the security firm SCG International.
In an email sent to Stratfor on February 11, 2011, Smith praised the company's intelligence gathering and said his "background is CIA and our company is comprised of former DOD [i.e. Department of Defense], CIA and former law enforcement personnel. We provide services for those same groups in the form of training, security and information collection."
Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-20/news/31212864_1_stratfor-provides-syrian-opposition-regime-change#ixzz27OWCEP1I
The US Government Sent Blackwater Veteran To Fight With Rebels In Libya And Syria
Michael Kelley|March 20, 2012|
4,255|0
The former director of the security firm Blackwater aided the Libyan opposition and was subsequently sent to contact Syrian rebels in Turkey at the request of a U.S. Government committee, according to leaked Stratfor emails reported on by Al-Akhbar English.
Jamie F. Smith, former director of Blackwater, is currently the chief executive of the security firm SCG International.
In an email sent to Stratfor on February 11, 2011, Smith praised the company's intelligence gathering and said his "background is CIA and our company is comprised of former DOD [i.e. Department of Defense], CIA and former law enforcement personnel. We provide services for those same groups in the form of training, security and information collection."
Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-20/news/31212864_1_stratfor-provides-syrian-opposition-regime-change#ixzz27OWCEP1I
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Doesn't fit the DU meme that these are all pure grassroots, Arab Spring "revolutionaries" nt
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#5
Blackwater's also mixed up in this Libyan fighters to Syria regime change operation:
leveymg
Sep 2012
#6
It certainly fits the xenophobic, paternalistic meme that they needed coercion...
joshcryer
Sep 2012
#14
What it fits, is a pattern established by a history of interventions in the region.
ronnie624
Sep 2012
#15
Are you deliberately obtuse? There are many, many substantiated accounts of western involvement
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#26
Most DUers realized that the Libyan 'revolution' was in no way similar to the
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#29
An internal uprising that wouldn't have succeeded without support from the US.
harmonicon
Sep 2012
#25
Libyan fighters have admitted to going to Syria. There's no connection with the CIA.
joshcryer
Sep 2012
#12
BS - What do you think the Administration means by "technical assistance" to the Syrian opposition?
leveymg
Sep 2012
#28
Why were that many CIA and contractors in Benghazi? They weren't just counting noses.
leveymg
Sep 2012
#27
So does anyone still think this whole charade was *really* just about some bad movie?
Blue_Tires
Sep 2012
#45