Saturday, May 10, 2008

Blackwater, like Clinton, never gives up....

From NY Times via truthout.org :

"For Blackwater It's Business as Usual"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051008Y.shtml

James Risen reports for The New York Times: "Last fall, Blackwater Worldwide was in deep peril. Guards for the security company were involved in a shooting in September that left at least 17 Iraqis dead at a Baghdad intersection.

Outrage over the killings prompted the Iraqi government to demand Blackwater's ouster from the country, and led to a criminal investigation by the FBI, a series of internal investigations by the State Department and the Pentagon, and high-profile Congressional hearings. But after an intense public and private lobbying campaign, Blackwater appears to be back to business as usual."

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