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Behind the Bastards
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Blackwater's Temptation in Bagdad
Rand Paul says he's lost count of how many times i've ordered something through fedex and their employees been ambushed and hung from a bridge. In two thousand five the brigadier general responsible for security in bagdad noted that in two months, contractors were involved in 12 shootings. That had resulted in at least six civilian deaths. On christmas eve, two thousand six, a blackwater employee got shit faced and started wandering around the green zone. He staggered up to the araki vice president's house, got into an argument with his body guars and shot one of them to death. How is that not an indication that they're a bunch of irresponsible cowboy?
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