Barhoum: West Bank is governed by a multi-national authority - US State Dept. hires Blackwater-linked firm for security in West Bank

Barhoum: West Bank is governed by a multi-national authority

[ 11/01/2011 - 04:12 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Tuesday that the US’s hiring of the infamous Blackwater firm for security services in the West Bank is a new scandal to add to the list of conspiracies between the Fatah-controlled PA in Ramallah, the CIA, and Israel.

The move confirms that the West Bank is governed by a multi-national authority aimed at protecting Israel and “liquidating” the defenders of the Palestinian cause, Barhoum told the Palestinian Information Center.

The new scandal came in conspiracy between the West Bank-ruling Fatah party, American intelligence, and Israel to crack down on resistance forces in the West Bank.

Barhoum called on Fatah to “harmonize” with the Palestinians, who wish to purge the land of foreign authorities and the Israeli occupation, and to launch a new strategy based on a national project and not an Israel-US project.

The US State Department awarded a subsidiary company of the formerly named Blackwater security company an 84 million dollars a year contract to provide security services to the West Bank over the next five years.

Observers are questioning the reason for the firm’s services in the West Bank.

US State Dept. hires Blackwater-linked firm for security in West Bank

[ 11/01/2011 - 11:02 AM ]

WASHINGTON, (PIC)-- The US State Department signed an 84 million dollar a year contract with a company tightly affiliated with the infamous Blackwater security firm to provide security services in the West Bank over the next five years, the Washington Post said Monday.

Blackwater was previously hired by the US for security in Iraq and Afghanistan and linked to several atrocities there and later changed its name to Xe Services. The new firm still employs Blackwater agents.

The group will provide protective security in the Israel-occupied West Bank, for services extended by the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, the Post quoted State Department spokesman Mark Toner as saying.

The contract, signed on Jan. 3, is for one year with the option of renewal over the next four years, Toner said.

Blackwater had been fined 42 million dollars by the US for exporting illegal arms to Afghanistan, offering to train forces in southern Sudan without authority, and training Taiwan police officers to sharp shoot.

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