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 US Politics & Gov't  Michael - 75 days ago - reflector.com The company's workers were involved in two of the defining moments of the Iraq war -- the grisly slaying of four Blackwater contractors in 2004 in Fallujah, and a September 2007 shooting at a crowded Baghdad intersection that killed 17 Iraqis
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 US Politics & Gov't  - 107 days ago - blogs.usatoday.com Unable to get assault weapons legally, Blackwater mercenaries bought them in the name of a sheriff's office that had no use for them and stored them in their own armory. I'll bet they get Bush and Congress to abolish the ATF for taking their guns away.
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 US Politics & Gov't - 113 days ago - alternet.org Jeremy Scahill: "It took Congressman Waxman three years just to find out who the Blackwater contractors were working for when they were attacked in Falluja...the private army, the corporate army, is now bigger than the U.S. military presence in Iraq."
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 US Politics & Gov't - 114 days ago - dailykos.com For the first time ever, there has been a request for Islamic (Sharia) law to govern a U.S. courtroom. But it didn't come from the Moslems, mosques, or jihadis that the right wing fears -- it came from their very own Blackwater mercenaries.
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$1.4 Billion From U.S Taxpayers to South America for Their "Drug Wars"...Enter Blackwater
US Politics & Gov't  Town - 125 days ago - bloomberg.com Senator Leahy: "Congress supports Merida Initiative" Leahy: American People are the " primary market for illegal drugs & source of most of the guns" MERIDA INITIATIVE APPROVED WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS LANGUAGE
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 US Politics & Gov't - 171 days ago - signonsandiego.com While residents were successful in saving Potrero from having to bear the brunt of Blackwater's presence, Blackwater hasn't given up its plans to have a presence in San Diego near the border and San Diego's many military bases.
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 US Politics & Gov't - 180 days ago - canadafreepress.com Some of the mercenaries were reportedly "deputized" by the Louisiana governor and were issued gold Louisiana State law enforcement badges to wear on their chests and Blackwater photo identification cards to be worn on their arms.
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Blackwater Fades Into the Men in the Greystone SuitsâEUR¦
US Politics & Gov't Jim - 203 days ago - scholarsandrogues.com Like Phillip Morris, Blackwater has simply devised another name and plans to continue business - and, like Altria (not to be confused with nutria, although such plagues abound all around us, it seems), that business will be same as it ever was.
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 US Politics & Gov't - 205 days ago - abcnews.go.com Maseth's tragic death brings to 12 the number of soldiers who have died in Iraq due to accidental electrocution, according to Army and Marine e-mails obtained by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
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 US Politics & Gov't  Holly - 212 days ago - couragecampaign.org After a long battle to block the building of Blackwater's mercenary training base, the people of Potrero (population: 899) are rejoicing. Blackwater is gone.
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 US Politics & Gov't - 217 days ago - weblog.signonsandiego.com Blackwater Worldwide officials just announced they are pulling their application to build a training center on a 842-acre site in the East County community of Potrero. (WE WON! At least temporarily. They say they're not going away and have other plans.)
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 US Politics & Gov't  Ratty - 302 days ago - blockblackwater.com Blackwater temporarily stopped in building mercenary training base, but is pushing hard to continue as planned...
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Military to Oversee Control of Security Contractors in Iraq
US Politics & Gov't  WHITE WOL - 344 days ago - dallasnews.com WASHINGTON - All State Department security convoys in Iraq will now fall under military control, the latest step taken by government officials to bring Blackwater Worldwide and other armed contractors under tighter supervision.
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 US Politics & Gov't  Lisa - 345 days ago - msnbc.msn.com Federal agents are investigating allegations that the Blackwater USA security firm illegally exported dozens of firearms sound suppressors -- commonly known as silencers -- to Iraq and other countries...
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 US Politics & Gov't  Kemsa - 347 days ago - informationliberation.com Blackwater has been in a big legal fight with the town of Potrero to build the nations largest mercenary training center. The people of the Potrero community have resisted Blackwater's attempts to do so, now suddenly all of their homes are gone...........
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