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“More Rickety Oil Rigs” ~ Real Time With Bill Maher

This was an all-around good episode with the likes of Katrina vanden Heuval, Andrew Sullivan, Van Jones and Paul Begala. Obama’s response to BP is debated and poor Sully seems to have fallen out of love with Israel. Maher is quick to point out misinformation about Hamas and the two-state solution and Judd Apatow is […]

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State Dept. Extends Blackwater Contract in Iraq

Raw Story By Stephen C. Webster Published: September 2, 2009 The mercenary group formerly known as Blackwater International, which was banned from Iraq by its government after a Baghdad massacre which killed 17 civilians, will see its contract extended in the country by the U.S. State Department, according to a published report. ABC News reporter […]

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Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

September 2, 2009 New York Times By JAMES GLANZ Civilian contractors working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan not only outnumber the uniformed troops, according to a report by a Congressional research group, but also form the highest ratio of contractors to military personnel recorded in any war in the history of the United States. On […]

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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Accused of Murder in Court by Former Marine and Employee

Jeremy Scahill THE NATION A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company’s owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or […]