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Showing posts with label Blackwater. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Blackwater. Show all posts

Mar 16, 2010

GAO blocks contract to firm formerly known as Blackwater to train Afghan police

Image by Chayak via Flickr By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 16, 2010; A05 Federal auditors on Monday put a ...

Dec 31, 2009

The Secret US War in Pakistan

Image via Wikipedia At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command ( JSOC ) in the Pakistani port city o...

Dec 11, 2009

Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret C.I.A. Raids

Image via Wikipedia By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON — Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide particip...

Aug 12, 2009

US Still Paying Blackwater Millions

By Jeremy Scahill August 7, 2009 "They are still there, but we are transitioning them out," a State Department off...

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