US Embassy fires guards shown in lewd acts

Watchdog fears contractor may impede investigation of Kabul ‘hazing’


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Published: September 4, 2009
Breaking: US Embassy fires guards shown in lewd acts

Earlier this week, a watchdog group revealed flagrant misbehavior by employees of the private security contractor ArmorGroup North America assigned to guard the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photographs received from whistleblowers showed “hazing” that included simulated sex acts and guards urinating on one another.

The US Embassy in Kabul stated on Friday that it had already fired eight of the guards shown in the photographs, while two others had resigned, and that the contractor’s local management team was also being replaced. ArmorGroup’s parent corporation, Wackenhut Services, responded to inquiries by stating that it is “fully cooperating” with the Department of State in investigating the incidents.
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