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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Blackwater Opens Fire in Baghdad Security contractor Blackwater USA was involved in two <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/26/AR2007052601394.html?referrer=emailarticle" title="shootings">shootings</a> in Baghdad last week. After firing on and killing an Iraqi driver, Blackwater guards found themselves in a standoff with heavily armed Iraqi Interior Ministry forces. A senior U.S. adviser said Iraq-American relations at the ministry have suffered greatly since the incident. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070528_blackwater_opens_fire_in_baghdad/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070528_blackwater_opens_fire_in_baghdad/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Blackwater Opens Fire in Baghdad Security contractor Blackwater USA was involved in two <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/26/AR2007052601394.html?referrer=emailarticle" title="shootings">shootings</a> in Baghdad last week. After firing on and killing an Iraqi driver, Blackwater guards found themselves in a standoff with heavily armed Iraqi Interior Ministry forces. A senior U.S. adviser said Iraq-American relations at the ministry have suffered greatly since the incident. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070528_blackwater_opens_fire_in_baghdad/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070528_blackwater_opens_fire_in_baghdad/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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