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Blackwater, Still At It »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Blackwater off duty personel involved with alcohol and shooting up vehicles and civilians in Afghanistan.
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Blackwater in Court Today in War Crimes Hearing »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months ago in Political Opinion
Will a war crimes lawsuit against Erik Prince and Blackwater be allowed to proceed? That is in the hands of a Reagan-appointed judge in Virginia ...
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Bush’s Third Term? »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
It sounds like the plot for the latest summer horror movie. Imagine, for a moment, that George W. Bush had been allowed a third term ...
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Questions for Seymour M. Hersh »
Posted by: tehranchik 6 months ago in Political News
Is there any indication that the Obama Administration will be less amenable than its predecessors to the now-widespread use of private military contractors (such as ...
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Analysis: Blackwater has longstanding ties to CIA »
Posted by: Progressive 3 months, 1 week ago in News
The private military contractor formerly known as Blackwater has held classified contracts with the Central Intelligence Agency for nearly a decade, but an allegation that ...
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Top al Qaeda leader blames Blackwater for Peshawar blasts - CNN.com »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
A senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan has blamed the U.S. security firm formerly known as Blackwater as being behind the recent spate of ...
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Blackwater era ending in Iraq »
Posted by: Progressive 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The troubled Blackwater era ends in Iraq on Thursday as another firm takes over the once-dominant company's security services contract in ...
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Millions Went to Controversial Firm, Despite Understaffing »
Posted by: rumple4skin 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The U.S. government overpaid tens of millions of dollars to the scandal-ridden security contractor once known as Blackwater, according to a new government audit.
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Hey, Don’t Give Terrorist Murderers a Fat Lip; Navy SEALS Criminally Charged »
Posted by: RedRiverJ 2 days, 15 hours ago in News
A couple of years ago, I was on the thankfully now-defunct “Montel” show to discuss political issues (and get berated by the unduly smug pothead ...
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Pajamas Media » The Nation’s Blackwater Charge a Dud »
Posted by: gbudavid 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Without going into the specific allegations being made in the consolidated civil cases, logic and factual errors in claims made in the article are troubling ...
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Blackwater Barred From Working in Iraq »
Posted by: TimALoftis 10 months ago in Political News
BAGHDAD (Jan. 29) - Iraq will not allow Blackwater Worldwide to continue providing security protection for U.S. diplomats in the country, Iraqi and U.S ...
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The Democrats Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too »
Posted by: tehranchik 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
After 9/11, the CIA, which had been frustrated by some of the hurdles to assassination posed by the Clinton administration’s legal team, now ...
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Cindy McCain Bankrolled Conference That Called for Ban on Mercenaries »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month, 1 week ago in Political Opinion
A little-publicized US Naval Academy conference named after Senator John McCain and bankrolled by his wealthy wife, Cindy, issued a call earlier this year for ...
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Valerie Jarrett: Trust Obama on Blackwater »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
President Obama’s senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, was confronted over the weekend with the fact that the administration continues contracting with the scandal-plagued mercenary firm ...
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Blackwater's last day in Iraq »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Today is special. You'll want to remember this day -- May 7, 2009 -- as the day when the second largest occupying force, the private army ...
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