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Red, white and mercenary in Iraq

Under the cloak of freedom, the U.S. exempted Blackwater and other contractors from Iraqi law -- and destroyed its own democratic credibility.
By Sidney Blumenthal

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  • Wednesday, October 3, 2007 06:47 PM

    Erik Prince is slime

    Has there been a more grotesquely posturing little rightwing militarist twit as absurd as Erik Prince since the heyday of Oliver North and Iran Contra. He'd better enjoy the gravy train he's on because, come 2009, a new adminsitration is going to slam the door in his smug little privileged face.

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