Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Blackwater's secret war in Pakistan

(segment runs from approximately 1:25 to 20:31)

Independent investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill has revealed in an article in The Nation magazine that the private mercenary company Blackwater is operating an illegal covert assassination and kidnapping program in Pakistan, apparently approved during the Bush administration and continued without the knowledge and consent of senior military and Obama administration officials. The assassination and kidnapping involves Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects (hopefully), while Blackwater is also apparently engaged in a drone operation which has killed many in Pakistan.

Blackwater of course has long been active in Iraq, responsible for the murders of Iraqi civilians, with founder Erik Prince implicated in a murder.



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