Nou Come By Mehak

What is America up to? This is the question on everyone’s mind these days. A piece of ‘news’ made its way from email lists to the mainstream media last week. Blackwater, the dreaded security contractors who have wreaked havoc in Iraq, has a presence in Pakistan, and an NGO in Peshawar is a front for their mercenary operations in the Northern Areas and tribal belt.

However, this news is probably better classified as ‘gossip’ because Blackwater has been disbanded (renamed Xe but certainly not the same company it was two years ago) and a further check into the NGO in question, Creative Associates International, reveals them to be a legitimate organisation that’s been operating in 15 countries for the last 32 years.