Flushing Blackwater

TruthOut, The Nation by Jeremy Scahill | Sep. 3, 2009 (News)

In addition, Blackwater is being investigated by the Justice Department for possible crimes ranging from weapons smuggling to manslaughter and by the IRS for possible tax evasion. It is being sued in federal courts by scores of Iraqi civilians for alleged war crimes and extrajudicial killings. Two of its men have pleaded guilty to weapons-smuggling charges; another pleaded guilty to the unprovoked manslaughter of an Iraqi civilian, and five others have ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Aug 30, 2009 - 9:47 AM PDT
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 by Ben Ross - Aug. 30, 2009

A lone voice in the wilderness. Front page headline news....not seriously covered in the main stream. This article is but the tip of the iceburg.

Careful questioning of all elected on TV on this issue is needed, it is so against the ideals we were raised with. I think most people are against ... More »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 31, 2009

Scahill continues being one of the few who is reporting on the theocratic warlords who are being paid to kill from our tax dollars. Knowledgeable and suitably alarmed.

The double entendre in "flushing blackwater" is good.

Blackwater is but one fruit on the poisonous tree of military outsourcing. It is imperative that Congress confront the intimate linking of corporate profits to US wars and ... More »

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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Sep. 1, 2009
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Aug. 30, 2009

Why do some question the opinion that our government is fighting Muslims?

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 by Randy Morrow - Aug. 31, 2009

A rundown on some of Blackwater's offenses and suggestions on how the organization should be investigated.

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 by Patrick McGuire - Aug. 30, 2009

Although it comes from truthout.org it mainly quotes from The Nation and even refers to the original article. Scahill has done extensive research on Blackwater.

With all the bad publicity about Blackwater, I am amazed that it still has contracts with the US or anyone who professes to have a free democratic society.

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