Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill | Nov. 24, 2009 (Interview)

(Video) In an explosive new article in The Nation magazine, investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reveals the private military firm Blackwater is part of a covert program in Pakistan that includes planning the assassination and kidnapping of Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects. Blackwater is also said to be involved in a previously undisclosed U.S. military drone campaign that has killed scores of people inside Pakistan. The article ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Nov 24, 2009 - 8:36 AM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 25, 2009

The investigative journalism here unveils privatized covert military and intelligence operations that may even be kept secret from the commander in chief and separate and parallel operations secret from the military.

Never believe anything until it is officially denied.

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    The Nation by Jeremy Scahill | Nov. 27, 2009 (News Report)
    Inside sources reveal that the firm works with the US military inKarachi to plan targeted assassinations and drone bombings, among other sensitive counterterrorism operations.
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