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To: James Calladine who wrote (890)	4/1/2004 6:44:39 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 1296

The media gets everybody worked up in a lather about 4 American civilians who got lynched. It turns out they were not civilians at all. <<< These guys weren't innocent bystanders, mind you. They worked for Blackwater Security Consulting and were most likely looking for trouble. This firm is one of the many nominally private companies doing the US government's dirty work in Iraq and elsewhere around the world where Washington thinks its direct involvement might cause even more problems than that caused by so-called civilians. Like most other firms of this nature, Blackwater (and I quote from their website) "has it roots in the Special Operations community and continues to sustain the skills that have been acquired over the years as effective tools that will support both national and commercial objectives." In addition, it maintains offices in McLean, Virginia very near the CIA headquarters. In other words, the men that they hire are trained killers. >>> <<< One of the corpses had a a Department of Defense ID card. >>> counterpunch.com Tom