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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:39 AM Original message |
Blackwater License Being Pulled in Iraq |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, now, that's an unfair trade practice if I ever read one. n/t |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, I thought the Bremer rules made corporations immune to all law... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Is there no law under which we can shoot that man? |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. good |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. .......and it is us who are paying for this fiasco. |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
122. Brackishwater is nothing but an extension of the Criminal Bush's... |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. They'll just change the name |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:18 AM Original message |
Exactly! |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
97. Typical Corporate Slimeball Maneuver. |
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dickbearton (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
123. Simple, revoke their license too... |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
142. They'll change it to "Darkwater", change the logo, and get a new contract. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Heres' the BBC link |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. The bad news: NOW THEY'RE COMING HOME! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. or Iran, or Syria, or Lebanon, or Belgium |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Belgium? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
67. the hot bed of terra in your-rope |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
119. Belgium |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
121. Their delicious waffles threaten us all. (nt) |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #121 |
128. Not to mention their dastardly sprouts! n/t |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
92. ding |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
135. Dig it - I don't want these trained hit-men living in a civilized country |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
143. Too late |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. If true, that's perhaps a 50% reduction in troops |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Gotta admit, my first thought was "Can the Iraqi government do that?" |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I doubt that they can. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I agree with you, but I have been wrong before. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
72. Sorry |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
131. congrats, you made the news |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. According to the article.... |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. And you may be correct |
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soulcore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
136. They have upwards of 150,000 Employees on the ground. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #136 |
146. That's 150K among *all* the merc firms |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
125. Only move possible: we invade Iraq to protect Blackwater's profits. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes! Aren't we all sick of subsidizing lawless mercs? |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. who were they guarding? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe some jailtime, a few lawsuits in the offing??? |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. now that's gonna start a war |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. Blackwater is a fascist organization and concept. |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
126. Fascist? Just because their uniform includes brown shirts? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. Wow. Is Blackwater really getting out while the getting is good? |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. My thoughts... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
89. K&R, excellent point - yet another way to fund shadow government... |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Yes.. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #94 |
100. There has also been some discussion.... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. Hopefully The Iraqis |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
145. Yup, I think you're right. I've always suspected them of setting up their own |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. I sent the NYT article to a friend and got this about Bearing Point |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. When were contractors kidnapped in the Green Zone?.. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
68. several times, at least that got into the news |
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raven880 (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
111. Mercenary deaths |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
114. 1000 total contractor deaths is the figure I've heard recently. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. lol! Lots of luck with that! |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
19. Now if only someone would take away Bush's license to kill. n/t |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. Blackwater has been doing that from the beginning especially with snipers |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. chicago tribune article |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Thanks for the link |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Just about coughed up my cookies over this one! |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
109. Have we had a "main turning point in the war"? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
113. The current number is 1.2 million! |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. Even if Iraq can make it stick, Blackwater won't go away. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I agree. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. "License? We ain't got no license." |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Probably so. |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #48 |
78. When the Iraqis stand up, 'Coalition' collaborators better run? |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
118. yup! |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
54. This is what I was wondering |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
86. Exactly - Bush & Rice will bribe whomever they have to |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. BBC News now updated |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
64. Stunning article.Wonder how many Blackwater employees |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
31. The alternative to them leaving is horrible to think about - they are |
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SlowDownFast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'll believe it when we see it. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. Can't wait for the Iraqis to start hanging them! |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. Now Maliki is really asking for it |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. how DARE he act as an independent leader of his own country? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Junior had already been scapegoating Maliki. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Yup |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Junior loves to see free elections |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. What free elections? |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. That's what I was thinking-how can they spin this favorably? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
35. Can we ban them from New Orleans, too? n/t |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
36. Now that they have already made umpteen million dollars....thanks for nothing. |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. So I would guess all the Blackwater contractors will be setting into their 800-acre mercenary base |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Yep. I get a sick feeling about this. I've had it for some time now. |
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Stalwart (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. How Much Would Blackwater Pay |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
41. I am sure the offenders have already left Iraq. But they are immune anyway. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. WTF - why is our government paying Blackwell to protect |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
43. The AP needs to stop calling them "contractors" |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
99. Exactly. They are mercenaries and occupying forces. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
144. Prostitution is a time honored and honorable profession |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
149. They called them "guards" on the news tonight. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
46. Two more current threads on this development, as reported elsewhere - LINKS: |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
47. Maybe THIS is what Bushit was referring to... |
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AdvancedProgress (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
49. Don't Forget... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
55. It's time, I guess, for Blackwater to come home and turn their rifles on us. nt |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
56. Mercenaries. |
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dk2 (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
57. It would be nice if this makes a difference |
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AdvancedProgress (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
58. Send in the Cleaner... |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
95. CNN is already spinning this |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
61. Napoleon's hand-raised dogs are going to be turned loose on OUR farm now. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. My fear is that they'll be let loose in South America |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
66. hip hip HOORAY! awesome... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
69. will it matter? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Important Post ...and your snips & links... Will it matter...? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #74 |
91. Added to that... |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
98. Repubs don't like big govt. and don't like taxes, at least for the rich |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
70. Kudos to Iraq n/t |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
71. YAY! |
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liberal1973 (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
73. Good |
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Summer93 (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
75. News |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
76. Blackwater to Iraqi Interior Ministry: GFY. We ain't leavin'. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
77. No surprise. They were bound to do this |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
79. Schwarzenegger meets with Blackwater for "disaster preparation" in California |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Outsourcing our military and police training to these guys?! |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
101. Unless they've been deputized f*** them if they think they can push Americans around |
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UNCLE_Rico (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #79 |
147. Hey, ya gotta love our Guv! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
81. So the private military is being evicted aha hah ha hah ha ha |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
82. I hope the Iraqis are successful in getting rid of this foreign-based terror organization. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
83. I expect Bush/Reid/Pelosi will intervene on Blackwater's behalf. |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
84. Fighting Us Over Here |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
85. I think OUR Congress needs to cut their funding as well |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. hah, "our" congress? we don't have a congress. they do. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
88. The U.S. Embassy said a State Department motorcade came under small-arms fire that disabled one of t |
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mrdmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
90. Finally, the Iraq government learning how to govern for themselves |
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vanboggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
93. Glad Iraq has the sense to get rid of them |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
96. Right on! |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
102. Blackwater Website Seems to Be Down |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
104. Ya, like Iraq gave them a license to operate in the first place. |
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Az_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
105. How about canceling the Army's license???? |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
106. Very Big $ Loss for Bush Buddies |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. More on Blackwater here... |
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Doc Martin (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #117 |
141. Thanks, AntiFascist |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
107. ! |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
108. Scuttlebutt is Blackwater's contract lapsed 2 years ago |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
110. chances US congress will renew funding for blackwater. about 3-1 i would say. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
112. can they stop calling them "contractors" and start calling them what they are? |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
115. Nation Report on "Blackwater: The Shadow Army" posted on YouTube |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
116. But... but... who's going to carry out all the assassinations with plausible deniability? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
120. I was surprised at how few BW guys were in Iraq... |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. I think the larger number is accounting for food prep, cleaning, laundry, etc. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. I know; I just thought the BW guys were a larger proportion of that number. (nt) |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
127. Hey, some progress in Iraq |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
130. it would seem that Blackwater is not working and playing well with the other children. n/t |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
132. When the Iraqis stand up, we'll stand down. Guess what? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
133. On NPR I heard that no formal written request from Iraqi government had been made. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
134. No faster way to end this occupation than to make 50% of the forces there ... |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #134 |
137. Especially when they understand that in Iraq, "legally" means |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
138. I say good luck Nuri, they aren't going nowhere. |
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c2farr (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
139. Blackwater--The Reason for the Treason |
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djp2 (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
140. Next TERROR attack coming up!!! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
148. who the hell granted them a license to begin with?? |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. That would be that former asshole viceroy, whose name is so fucking revolting.... |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
150. WHAT license? |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
151. Last I heard, Maliki was 'softening' his stance. |
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