U.S. Embassy spokesman Rick Snelsire said the U.S. contract with Inter-Risk to provide security at the embassy and consulates took effect this year. It is believed to be the first U.S. contract for the firm, said Snelsire, who did not have a figure for its amount.
“Our understanding is they obtained licenses with whatever they brought into the country to meet the contractual needs,” he said. “We told the government that we had a contract with Inter-Risk.”
Akram said he had no idea about any U.S. links to Inter-Risk.
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Oh really? Akram, or the police chief, had no clue about this contract? So you are saying that the government, intelligence services, police and your hyperactive media and blogosphere had ‘no idea’ that the US was contracted with Inter-Risk to provide security at the embassy? Pffft. I sincerely doubt that claim Mr Akram, and this stinks. This smells of politics and more of the same Pakistani back stabbing crap that we have all become so used too. Are you folks not aware of the fact that your country is at war, and in your backyard is a ‘rabid pit bull’ that has killed and continues to kill in your country and in Afghanistan? Wake up and smell the tea.
Bottom line, we have given billions of dollars to Pakistan in this war, and Pakistan could care less about our security there. We have an embassy there, and because there is an active war going on in Pakistan, our folks require security. That is a basic fundamental right of any human being on this planet, and yet this is how we are treated?
I look at these latest actions against the Pakistani owned security company called Inter-risk, and the views of a few in regards to the embassy, and it pisses me off. Pakistan takes our money to fight this war against extremists, and for the most part, funnels that money into military hardware to defend against India. Yet this is how you treat us? And Inter-risk is Pakistani owned, so our money is going into the pockets of a Pakistani for the security of our embassy there? Talk about a slap in the face?
Furthermore, Pakistan is not doing enough to eliminate the Taliban and Islamic extremists in their country. That is painfully obvious, regardless of what anyone thinks about the latest actions in the Swat Valley. The Taliban and company are much stronger elsewhere. I posted that photo below, because to me, that symbolizes the complete worthlessness of Pakistan in this war. I would say that our blood loss in Afghanistan is another prime example of Pakistan’s pathetic action in this war.
The enemy is in your backyard, and you are just allowing him to hang out. Meanwhile, that enemy is killing our troops and Afghan civilians, selling opium to fund their war and extorting villages for security–Mafioso style, all with the idea of spreading some twisted and archaic version of Islam throughout the region. And why do we continue to give Pakistan all this money? Oh, that’s right, Pakistan has nukes……(shaking my head) –Matt
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Taliban Posing with a Captured Humvee in Pakistan.
Pakistan police raid US-contracted security firm
By MUNIR AHMAD and NAHAL TOOSI
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police raided a local security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing dozens of allegedly unlicensed weapons at a time when unusually intense media scrutiny of America’s use of private contractors has deepened anti-U.S. sentiment.
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