thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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 Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: Canadian military has been bit by the contractor bug |
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KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan -- The Canadian Forces have hired a former Afghan warlord to provide private security guards at one of Canada's remote forward operating bases deep in the heart of Taliban country, CanWest News Service has learned.
Military officials say the government employs private security contractors to protect its forward operating bases in Kandahar province, but they refuse to identify the contractors or the bases they protect.
However, an analysis of publicly available contract records and documents, obtained under the Access to Information Act, has determined that one of the contractors is Gen. Gulalai, a former warlord aligned with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
In January, the Defence Department awarded a $168,150 contract to a vendor identified as "General Gulalai" to provide security guards at an undisclosed forward operating base.
Gulalai was one of several southern Afghanistan warlords who helped drive the Taliban from their Kandahar stronghold in 2001, enabling Karzai to consolidate power in Kabul. |
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=c6581dc2-9afd-4a03-8a05-b5dec6d56c81
Canada should not participate in the outsourcing of security duties. |
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