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Juneau is hardly the top American target for terrorists, so what’s Blackwater doing in Alaska’s capital? Author Stuart Archer Cohen and Juneau’s KTOO News have reported sightings of uniformed guards from the private security contractor, and Cohen has some clues as to why they’re there.

By Jeremy Scahill, TheNation.com
Posted on November 15, 2008, Printed on November 15, 2008
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After more than five years of rampant violence and misconduct carried out by the massive army of private corporate contractors in Iraq — actions that have gone totally unpunished under any system of law — the US Justice Department appears to be on [...]

Modesto Bee
The State Department is preparing to slap a multimillion-dollar fine on private military contractor Blackwater USA for shipping hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq without the necessary permits.
Some of the weapons are believed to have ended up on the country’s black market, department officials told McClatchy Newspapers, but no criminal charges have been filed [...]

1. Wall Street Fat Cats Are Trying to Pocket Billions in Bailout Cash…
During his historic victory speech, President-elect Barack Obama told supporters, and the rest of the world, “If this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.”
But, it seems that Wall Street didn’t get [...]

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What could possibly go wrong? AP:
Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms — some with a reputation for being quick on the trigger in Iraq — are joining the battle against pirates plaguing one of the world’s most important shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia.
The growing interest among merchant fleets to hire their [...]

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David Osler
Lloyd’s List
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:32 UTC
The US private military contractor embroiled in controversy over its actions in Iraq - has sent a private sector warship equipped with helicopters to the Gulf of Aden, and is offering its services to shipowners concerned with Somali piracy.
The vessel, McArthur, is described as a multipurpose unit [...]

http://abcnews.go.com…
Incident Was Kept Secret and Raises More Questions About the Firm’s Iraq Operations
By BRIAN ROSS
October 2, 2008—
An M4 machine gun sent to Iraq by the Blackwater private security firm somehow disappeared from the company’s storage facility in Baghdad and was later discovered during a US military operation, apparently against suspected insurgents, people familiar with the [...]

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
By Allan Woods | OTTAWA–Canadian soldiers could get training from a U.S. company closely linked to Blackwater USA, a private security firm implicated in the killings of hundreds of Iraqi civilians, if the Department of National Defence has its way.

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R.J. Hillhouse
The Spy Who Billed Me
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:53 EDT
Blackwater Worldwide is currently seeking qualified law enforcement officers and security personnel to potentially deploy to provide security in the possible aftermath of Hurricane Gustav.
This is the first time Blackwater has mobilized under its controversial Homeland Security contracts. Blackwater did deploy security personnel to assist [...]

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Larisa Alexandrovna
Not this should surprise anyone, given the Blackwater, et al level of lawlessness, but it is still incredibly disturbing: