Our Mercenaries in Iraq:
Blackwater Inc and Bush's
Undeclared Surge. Democracy
Now! [Friday, January 26th,
2007.]On Tuesday, five
employees of the private
security firm Blackwater USA
were killed in a violent
Baghdad neighborhood. Hours
later, President Bush used his
State of the Union address to
call on what some are calling
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Our Mercenaries in Iraq:
Blackwater Inc and Bush's
Undeclared Surge. Democracy
Now! [Friday, January 26th,
2007.]On Tuesday, five
employees of the private
security firm Blackwater USA
were killed in a violent
Baghdad neighborhood. Hours
later, President Bush used his
State of the Union address to
call on what some are calling
an undeclared surge of private
mercenaries in Iraq. We speak
with Jeremy Scahill, author of
the forthcoming 'Blackwater:
The Rise of the World's Most
Powerful Mercenary Army.'About
the book:Meet BLACKWATER USA,
the world's most secretive and
powerful mercenary firm. Based
in the wilderness of North
Carolina, it is the
fastest-growing private army
on the planet with forces
capable of carrying out regime
change throughout the world.
Blackwater protects the top US
officials in Iraq and yet we
know almost nothing about the
firm's quasi-military
operations in Iraq,
Afghanistan and inside the US.
Blackwater was founded by an
extreme right-wing
fundamentalist Christian
mega-millionaire ex- Navy Seal
named Erik Prince, the scion
of a wealthy conservative
family that bankrolls
far-right-wing
causes.Blackwater is the dark
story of the rise of a
powerful mercenary army,
ranging from the blood-soaked
streets of Fallujah to rooftop
firefights in Najaf to the
hurricane-ravaged US gulf to
Washington DC, where
Blackwater executives are
hailed as new heroes in the
war on terror. This is an
extraordinary expos

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