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StarfarerBill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 08:51 AM
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Blackwater, Already On The Ground In Afghanistan, Now Gunning For More Contracts
By Justin Elliott, TPM Muckraker

"It looks like the Obama Administration just can't quit the company formerly known as Blackwater.

"A Xe official told the Commission on Wartime Contracting Friday that the company has contracts for security as well as for training Afghan police and a "drug interdiction unit." Xe is also in the running for more work in Afghanistan. The comments of Xe Vice President Fred Roitz were first reported by the Virginia Pilot."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/blackwater_already_on_the_ground_in_afghanistan_gu.php
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 09:12 AM
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1. changiness
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 09:16 AM
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2. .
Edited on Thu Dec-24-09 09:16 AM by Lerkfish
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 09:18 AM
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3. I am sorry but I just don't like killers.
I wish my tax dollars were not going to support such people.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 09:23 AM
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4. smells of bullshit to me
Panetta just relieved them of their contracts or something like that

a three day old story with a '07 picture to go with it. I don't believe a word there
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StarfarerBill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 10:05 AM
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6. If you have information to the contrary, please post it.
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Meeker Morgan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-24-09 09:37 AM
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5. It never really was a narrowly 'partisan' issue.
Next up: Halliburton?
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