Question:
What or who is "Black Water"? Is it true this is a private militia paid for with U.S. dollars? I can't believe that. Where can I find out more about this?
“The Bogus Idea that if the U.S. Leaves Things Will Worsen Is Both Inherently Racist and Ignorant”
… I understand you were there right after the four Blackwater operatives were killed in Fallujah? I’ve heard commentators describe …
When Blackwater Kills, No Questions Asked
… recent attacks by Blackwater USA mercenaries in Baghdad are far from the first — and many … fire on them. Dozens of witnesses said that, contrary to Blackwater claims, the mercenaries had not come under attack. Several Kurds … Group for Human Rights, an NGO in Baghdad, told IPS that Blackwater convoys, which usually comprise several large, white SUVs, have …
Closing Ranks against the US Militarism
Encirclement has begun. Encirclement is the policy of singling out a nation that has become a major international problem. The US has been a Rogue State for years. William Blum author, historian and former member of the US State Department titled one of hi …Truth Matters
… outside of those under the private contracts of firms like Blackwater, would voluntarily stake their lives for corporate profits, and the …
Lethal Illusion
… by civilian police auxiliaries; the rich by the likes of Blackwater. Still, he maintains, we don’t need an “activist foreign policy …
Rescue: 2008
… and some bad news. The good news is that it looks like Blackwater is being thrown out of Iraq. The bad news is that Blackwater is coming back to the US. The rest of the bad news is that Blackwater is just one of many major problems. It seems to me that the burden …
The Pro-War Undertow of the Blackwater Scandal
… Blackwater scandal has gotten plenty of media coverage, and it deserves a lot … for private mercenaries are antithetical to democracy, and Blackwater’s actions in Iraq have often been murderous. But the scandal is … hearing that featured Erik Prince, the odious CEO of Blackwater USA. A congressman from New Hampshire, Paul Hodes, insisted on …
Of Hampster Wheels and Men
It is evident that the US or Israel is going to launch an unprovoked attack on Iran in the near future, just as it did against Iraq and countless other defenseless nations within recent memory. As a result, untold numbers of innocent people will die and hu …The Kucinich Question
It was July 12 in Detroit, and all eight Democratic Party presidential candidates had just finished sparring at a forum sponsored by the NAACP when John Edwards and Hillary Clinton were caught hatching a plot to rid future debates of all but front-runners. …The Anti-Empire Report
… the US in Iraq or Afghanistan. Neither Halliburton nor Blackwater has a presence in Burma. In short, nothing that would oblige …
The Demise of the Congressional Black Caucus
… security” which fattens the pockets of Halliburton and Blackwater. On the contrary, instead of going after Blackwater mercenaries for their devastating role in post-Katrina, Louisiana, …
George Packer’s “Planning for Defeat”
… State Department’s murderous mercenary private army, Blackwater, from the country. One phone call from Condoleezza Rice put Prime … place and let him know who really runs the show in Iraq: Blackwater stays. So, what are the options for solving the problems we have …
Blackwater Blues for Dead Iraqi Civilians
… Prince, the founder and head of Blackwater USA, has contributed mega-bucks to Republican Party candidates and … family values” stonewalling the families of four Blackwater contractors killed in Fallujah in March 2004? After an incident … ministry of interior yesterday took the decision to expel Blackwater from the country. According to The Guardian, US secretary of …
Coming Attractions: “The Constitution Was Getting Pretty Ratty Anyway”
… The door is kicked open. Two beefy men wearing Blackwater security uniforms enter, guns drawn. Veteran: Take ’im …
K-Ville: Fox Glamorizes a Force of Repression in New Orleans
… not to root for them when the first episode’s villains are Blackwater mercenaries (here called “Black River”). Although the show gets … from across the U.S. and private security forces including Blackwater, Wackenhut and an Israeli company called Instinctive Shooting …
People of the Dome
… of fully armed military troops, along with private Blackwater mercenaries fresh from Iraq under orders to “shoot to kill.” (Blackwater, Inc. billed the federal government $950 per man, per day — at one … reports Jeremy Scahill in his path breaking book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by …
New Orleans After 24 Months
… residents were told by guys dressed like Ninjas wearing “Blackwater” badges: “Try to go into your home and we’ll arrest you.” These …
The Puzzling Suspension of Incredulity to the “Official” 9-11 Theory
Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory By David Ray Griffin (Olive Branch Press, 2007) ISBN: 978-1-56656-686-5 According to a categorical assertion by the Association of Musl …Oil Wars: Fueling Both U.S. Empire & Ecocide
… Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Blackwater, CACI, Fluor, Shaw, the Carlyle Group, the Alexander Group, and …
The Liberal Trashing of Prof. Ward Churchill
The shameless trashing of Ward Churchill from the left side of our political setting was perhaps the most grotesque of all the attacks faced by the tenured University of Colorado professor after his essay “Some Push Back” began making headlines in earl …