Pakistan raids firm tied to U.S. mission
Two arrested after weapons seized
Posted: September 20, 2009 at 5:14 a.m.
A Pakistani police officer sorts weapons confiscated from a private security firm during a raid Saturday in Islamabad.
Police raided a Pakistani security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing 70 purportedly unlicensed weapons and arresting two people. The arrests follow a series of scandals surrounding American use of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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