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Blackwater = Murder, Inc.? »
Posted by: jovial 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Nation magazine headline was sensational: Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder . The article, written by Jeremy Scahill, an investigative journalist and author of Blackwater: The ...
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Where is the Defund Blackwater Act? »
Posted by: Tumultuous 2 months ago in Political Opinion
Perhaps one of the most jarring comparisons here is the fact that ACORN is being attacked. Yet the Obama administration continues to contract with Blackwater ...
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CIA Hired Blackwater USA to Kill al-Qaida »
Posted by: orndorffter 3 months, 1 week ago in News
The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 to hunt and kill top-level members of al-Qaida, a person familiar with the program tells ...
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Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in Political Opinion
On August 3, lawyers for the Iraqis submitted two sworn declarations from former Blackwater employees alleging that Prince may have murdered or facilitated the murder ...
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Blackwater founder Prince steps down as CEO »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months ago in Political News
Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater who used an auto parts inheritance to build the security firm into one of the world's most respected ...
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US security firm mired in Iraq controversy changes its name »
Posted by: berkeley 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticised work in Iraq , renaming its family of ...
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Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died »
Posted by: engineer 2 weeks, 2 days ago in News
Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their ...
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Whistleblowers: Blackwater approved payoffs of Iraqi officials »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Political News
To stifle criticism of civilian killings, the American mercenary group formerly known as Blackwater approved payoffs of up to $1 million for Iraqi politicians, according ...
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C.I.A. Sought Blackwaters Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and ...
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Flushing Blackwater »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Recent disclosures of Blackwater's covert activities may finally force Congress to take action.
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Blackwater, the private mercenary company owned by Erik Prince, has been ...Read (120) | Share | Discuss (5) | Read Full Story at thenation.com
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Blackwater Still Armed in Iraq »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
The private security company doesn't have a license to operate in Iraq, but the State Department continues to employ Erik Prince's armed mercenaries ...
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Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise - Bellybone »
Posted by: chuck-the-canuck 5 months, 4 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
One of the best bands and performers I had never heard of.
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One day back in 1994 a group of young Detroit musicians were rehearsing ...Read (241) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at new.music.yahoo.com
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Blackwater Chief Accused of Murder, Gun-Running - ABC News »
Posted by: ybdogsct 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The head of Blackwater and his employees may have killed or ordered the killing of people suspected of cooperating with federal investigators probing their activities ...
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Outsourcing the War in Afghanistan »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Jeremy Scahill, Nation contributor and author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, appears on MSNBC's Morning Joe to ...
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DOJ preparing to charge blackwater guards in Iraq killings »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 year, 3 months ago in News
The US Justice Department has sent so-called target letters to six Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 16 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians , the ...
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