C.I.A. Sought Blackwater's Help In Plan To Kill Jihadists

Associated Press by Pamela Hess | Aug. 19, 2009 (News Report)

The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Bush Administration, Foreign Policy
Member Tags: Murder for Hire, Blackwater Xe
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 20, 2009 - 7:43 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 20, 2009

Sources are unattributed, but this story may require that. Well written.

Privatized murderers for hire, in an illegal and immoral invasion and occupation. Where are the criminal prosecutions?

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