Armed Guards Needed Inside Call Center, But Surge is Working!!

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Friday September 07, 2007 · 9:51 AM PDT

2007/09/07 · 09:51

In an article in The Washington Post today, Walter Pincus notes the irony of the rosy view the Administration is trying to paint in Iraq and the reality on the ground. This is one serious Call Center.

U.S. Contractors in Iraq have yet to see the reduction in violence that is being touted by Gen. Petreaus. The military has issued security guidelines for contractors working a terrorism hotline in Baghdad. Inside the Interior Ministry headquarters:

The contract calls for six people to work on the hotline but says they'll need four armed guards, even when working in a facility within the ministry's complex. In addition, the contractor will have to supply an armored sport-utility vehicle and four armed guards for the trainers when they travel between the ministry and U.S. Forward Operating Base Shield, where they will live -- a distance of less than a mile. The requirement could be dropped to two armed guards in each case under improved conditions.

And it doesn’t stop there. They must also be armed:

Those aren't the only security steps the new contractor must meet. The contractor will have to provide each of the trainers with a handgun "and/or" a rifle, a protective vest and gas mask. In addition, each of the trainers must "meet coalition standards for weapon proficiency." The proposal helpfully points out that "a shooting range is available for proficiency training."

These security steps are needed although the Interior Ministry complex has "24/7 security and controlled entry points," the proposal says.

So this is what a 75% reduction in violence looks like? Armed guards are needed to work in an OFFICE for pete’s sake!! And yet they continue to churn out this propaganda like an assembly line throwing out buzz words like "KICKIN' ASS". And at the same time, they're starting the Iran saber rattling.

And here's more evidence the Surge is working:
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69 DEAD BODIES FOUND IN 7 DAYS!! Not to mention the 7 US Troops killed yesterday.

Not only will Bush go down in history as the WORST PRESIDENT EVER, his administration will go down as being the most inept. Please tell me again the Surge is working.

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