Keep in mind that in BOTH Afghanistan AND Pakistan, versions of Blackwater are representing the U. S. Do you want them in your country? Do you want them representing you? Then, by all peaceful means say NO to the surge and end the US Occupations. Letters, Calls, Faxes, Petitions, Vigils, Staged Drama - Find some way and means to say NO MORE. (See the post below for some simple ACTIONS NOW)
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He is clenched-jawed and tightly wound. He cannot stand down. Waiting in the security line at Dulles airport just hours before, Prince had delivered a little homily: “Every time an American goes through security, I want them to pause for a moment and think, What is my government doing to inconvenience the terrorists? Rendition teams, Predator drones, assassination squads. That’s all part of it.”
By Adam Ciralsky January 2010 Vanity Fair
Erik Prince, recently outed as a participant in a C.I.A. assassination program, has gained notoriety as head of the military-contracting juggernaut Blackwater, a company dogged by a grand-jury investigation, bribery accusations, and the voluntary-manslaughter trial of five ex-employees, set for next month. Lashing back at his critics, the wealthy former navy seal takes the author inside his operation in the U.S. and Afghanistan, revealing the role he’s been playing in America’s war on terror.
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