Entries Tagged as 'Filthy Mercenaries'

After Fallujah: The Truth About the Blackwater Mercenaries

Excerpted from Revolutionary Worker #1236, April 11, 2004, posted at http://rwor.org This is a republication of an article of permanent interest. Note that what this article says— despite the fact it was written three years ago—has been abundantly verified over the last year, culminating with the Blackwater pseudo-hearings in Congress in late September (2007). A little solid information and class analysis go a long way.

“We have established a global presence and provide training and tactical solutions for the 21st century. Our clients include federal law enforcement agencies, the Department of Defense, Department of State, and Department of Transportation, local and state entities from around the country, multinational corporations and friendly nations from all over the globe.”—Blackwater corporate website

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Tags: Revolution & Counter-revolution, Socialism & Communism, Warmongering, Radical Right, Filthy Mercenaries, Capitalist Whores, The US MIlitary, Communism, State Crimes, Fascism US Style, Indecent Plutocracy, Capitalist Propaganda, Zionist Footprints by ascetorix_ariz20
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Bush’s Shadow Army

BY JEREMY SCAHILL


Bush’s “Whores of War,” or, maybe, more appropriate, the boys from the “Coalition of the Billing.”

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Crosspost at THE NATION, where it originally appeared, and to whom we are grateful: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070402/scahill_vid

[first posted online on March 15, 2007]

Jeremy Scahill reports on the Bush Administration’s growing dependence on private security forces such as Blackwater USA and efforts in Congress to rein them in. This article is adapted from his new book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Nation Books). [Read more →]

Tags: Anti-War Work, Unredeemable Scum, The US MIlitary, Warmongering, Exceptional Journalism, Jeremy Scahill, Filthy Mercenaries, Appalling Hypocrisy Annals, Indecent Plutocracy, The Contemptible Media, Establishment Whores, Middle East, American Way of Life, Presidential Tyranny, Fascism US Style, Imperial Policy by Greanville
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