Press TV.
Contract amendments on an Afghan $14.7 million storage facility that the US Army no longer needed is a “metaphor” for Washington’s war in Afghanistan, says a former CIA contractor, stressing the “possibility” that there might be something “underneath” the facility at Kandahar Air Field.
Although the US Central Command acknowledged that a probe is needed to see why the amendments were authorized in 2013, Steven D. Kelley told Press TV Tuesday that the facility could just be a “distraction” for what lies underneath.The facility was originally supposed to be used by the US Defense Logistics Agency after its construction was finished by 2011, but it was delayed until two years later due to the contractor’s unsatisfactory performance, said theStars and Stripes on Monday, citing a report by the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR).
Before the construction was over, the US Army had decided “that DLA would be leaving Kandahar and would not be using the warehouse facility,” SIGAR said.Despite the decision, the US Army Corps of Engineers made costly amendments to a new contract with a new company -- US-based construction firm Arkel International LLC -- for $844,526 to complete the project.
What lies beneath?
US projects that include such “ridiculous” amounts of money and large constructions could be dealing with “something going on underneath,” said the former CIA contractor.Kelly said the facility could be similar to some large ones inside the US, including the Denver airport, which “create access areas to underground facilities.”“The Kandahar airport would have certainly been a logical location for an underground facility.”
A metaphor
Apart from that, the complication could be the result of “corruption involving payoff”.The project contract was initially awarded to the Turkish YDA AFCON Joint Venture at a fixed cost of $13.5 million.This could have been “some sort of a carrot for Turkey from long ago.”“Even if it was constructed on time, (DLA) would not have been able to use it for more than two years,” Kelley said, calling the move “a waste of funds at the very least.”
He noted that such a phenomenon is finally a result of marriage between capitalism and military industrial complex, yielding to a “metaphor” for the US mission in Afghanistan that followed a 2001 invasion.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/07/21/421273/us
Contract amendments on an Afghan $14.7 million storage facility that the US Army no longer needed is a “metaphor” for Washington’s war in Afghanistan, says a former CIA contractor, stressing the “possibility” that there might be something “underneath” the facility at Kandahar Air Field.
Although the US Central Command acknowledged that a probe is needed to see why the amendments were authorized in 2013, Steven D. Kelley told Press TV Tuesday that the facility could just be a “distraction” for what lies underneath.The facility was originally supposed to be used by the US Defense Logistics Agency after its construction was finished by 2011, but it was delayed until two years later due to the contractor’s unsatisfactory performance, said theStars and Stripes on Monday, citing a report by the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR).

Before the construction was over, the US Army had decided “that DLA would be leaving Kandahar and would not be using the warehouse facility,” SIGAR said.Despite the decision, the US Army Corps of Engineers made costly amendments to a new contract with a new company -- US-based construction firm Arkel International LLC -- for $844,526 to complete the project.
What lies beneath?
US projects that include such “ridiculous” amounts of money and large constructions could be dealing with “something going on underneath,” said the former CIA contractor.Kelly said the facility could be similar to some large ones inside the US, including the Denver airport, which “create access areas to underground facilities.”“The Kandahar airport would have certainly been a logical location for an underground facility.”
A metaphor
Apart from that, the complication could be the result of “corruption involving payoff”.The project contract was initially awarded to the Turkish YDA AFCON Joint Venture at a fixed cost of $13.5 million.This could have been “some sort of a carrot for Turkey from long ago.”“Even if it was constructed on time, (DLA) would not have been able to use it for more than two years,” Kelley said, calling the move “a waste of funds at the very least.”
He noted that such a phenomenon is finally a result of marriage between capitalism and military industrial complex, yielding to a “metaphor” for the US mission in Afghanistan that followed a 2001 invasion.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/07/21/421273/us
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