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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 04:52 PM
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Waxman: Oversight Committee to Hold Hearings on Blackwater
Oversight Committee to Hold Hearings on Blackwater

Oversight Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman released the following statement this afternoon following the press accounts that Iraq had revoked the license of U.S. contractor Blackwater:

“The controversy over Blackwater is an unfortunate demonstration of the perils of excessive reliance on private security contractors. The Oversight Committee will be holding hearings to understand what has happened and the extent of the damage to U.S. security interests.”

http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=764
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 04:56 PM
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1. Fantastic!
Go Henry. What a great guy he is. k&r
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 04:59 PM
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4. Will Waxman Subpoena the Merc Boss?
If he does so & that Subpoena is ignored will Waxman issue Inherent Contempt?

Uh...?
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 04:57 PM
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2. Dad called them Merks, without honor, duty or country. Merk was
the four letter word in our household.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 04:59 PM
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3. And the amount of money funneled into Republican coffers ???? no-bids, etc.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 04:59 PM
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5. Guess that privitized military isn't working as well as those private prisons?
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:04 PM
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6. Go Henry!
I love that man. :)
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:07 PM
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7. You know there is a lot there the White House isn't going to let become public
This will be far worse than the Warrantless wiretapping when it comes to sandbagging and coverup.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:10 PM
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8. Well since their license has been suspended guess its
time to bring them in
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PetrusMonsFormicarum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:14 PM
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9. Training ground
Iraq has not only become a training ground for "al Qaeda" and other insurgents, it is also a hands-on learning experience for private security armies, a central pillar of the corporatist militia-style approach so favored by the neocons.

Ask: where does this 100,000+ private army go post-Iraq? Dissolution of governmental military? Some other third world nation to spread more of their perverted action-movie violence? How about every street corner in America, and still as free from responsibility or justice as these murderous Blackwater jerks are in Iraq.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:21 PM
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10. Blackwater = Paid Murderers
Blackwater mercenaries murdered countless New Orleans residents.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:35 PM
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12. I never heard about that, Swamp Rat. For real? nt
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:47 PM
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14. The last figure I heard was about 600 residents were gunned down by Blackwater
I have no way to corroborate this, but I know many people who saw the piles and piles of bodies after Blackwater made their sweeps through the neighborhoods. This is an ugly secret we are not supposed to report or talk about. Even some of the blogs I read were wiped clean after the storm.

Blackwater mercenaries deserve NO MERCY and should be tried for crimes against humanity.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:57 PM
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15. Oh...I'm speechless.
:cry: :cry: :cry:
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 06:11 PM
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17. I've heard lower figures too, like a few dozen.
Again, I have no way to corroborate this, but wether it's 48 or 600, it's all the same to me. We recently buried about a hundred unclaimed bodies in New Orleans.

Here is a trusted source (I know Doug):
http://blog.nola.com/dougmaccash/2007/09/new_orleans_katrina_memorial.html

City officials keep claiming lower and lower figures. Nagin is a liar. NO ONE here I know likes him or believes him:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/08/29/anger_sadness_mark_katrina_anniversary/?page=2
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:30 PM
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11. Now if they could only tie this in with the Sibel Edmonds case somehow n/t
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ewoden Donating Member (634 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 05:37 PM
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13. I will be carefully watching this story unfold
Whether the current administration persuades the interior minister to allow Blackwater to remain will be the firt real test of whether the Iraq government is standing up to take control of their country.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 06:03 PM
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16. Maybe they can ask about Ray Hunt's separate peace with Iraqi Kurd oil
Or should that read Hunt Oil's oil ?
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 06:13 PM
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18. Excellent and about time...
more proof that the Dems are doing something with their majority.
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