Al Qaeda blames Blackwater for Peshawar bombings
Looks like Blackwater/Xe has joined the list of Al Qaeda’s favorite boogeymen. Mustafa Abu Yazid, the terror group’s chief of operations in Afghanistan, is blaming the contractor for the recent violence in Peshawar: The Mujahedeen, as Yazid called the militants, target only security forces who are far from civilian gathering places, he said. “Today, everyone ...
Looks like Blackwater/Xe has joined the list of Al Qaeda's favorite boogeymen. Mustafa Abu Yazid, the terror group's chief of operations in Afghanistan, is blaming the contractor for the recent violence in Peshawar:
The Mujahedeen, as Yazid called the militants, target only security forces who are far from civilian gathering places, he said.
"Today, everyone knows what Blackwater and the criminal security contractors are doing after they came to Pakistan with the support of the criminal, corrupt government and its intelligence and security apparatus," Yazid said.
Looks like Blackwater/Xe has joined the list of Al Qaeda’s favorite boogeymen. Mustafa Abu Yazid, the terror group’s chief of operations in Afghanistan, is blaming the contractor for the recent violence in Peshawar:
The Mujahedeen, as Yazid called the militants, target only security forces who are far from civilian gathering places, he said.
“Today, everyone knows what Blackwater and the criminal security contractors are doing after they came to Pakistan with the support of the criminal, corrupt government and its intelligence and security apparatus,” Yazid said.
“They are the ones who commit these heinous acts, then accuse the Mujahedeen of their crimes.”
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Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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