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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 01:58 PM
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great interview with Jeremy Scahill author of, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful
Mercenary Army"

Here are the transcripts from parts 1 and 2.

I want to get the book!

part 1
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/20/1337226

part 2
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/21/1340210
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 02:33 PM
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1. K & R
Be prepared for Blackwater supporters to come out in full force and to disparage Scahill.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 02:33 PM
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2. C=Span interviewed him over the weekend and it was fantastic....
He really laid it all out about Blackwater and is very well spoken and easy to listen to even if the subject gives cold chills in how this Mercenary Army is operating on it's own in Iraq...accountable only to itself.

Thanks for posting the "DN" interview! Hopefully C-Span will rebroadcast their interview.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 06:34 PM
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3. K&R. (nt)
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 08:29 PM
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4. A subject not nearly enough in the public eye. . . . k&r. . . n/t
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-12-07 11:54 AM
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5. Saw the After Words interview and ordered the book
He also talked about a book called Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry by P.W. Singer. I got it from my library, read the first chapter and ordered it immediately. Although the work is more scholarly, I found it riveting and can hardly wait till it arrives. There are some paragraphs where each sentence has a footnote.

There are many of these companies and they operate all over the globe. They fight, they train armies and they have access to some of the most sophisticated weapons available. Scary stuff, imo - but I want to learn as much as I can.
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