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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. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Protesters Punished, Blackwater Shooters Remain Free Last week at the gates of the mercenary company Blackwater, nonviolent protesters who re-enacted an infamous Blackwater shooting were <a href="http://www.alternet.org/rights/75244" title="arrested">arrested</a>. As “Blackwater” author Jeremy Scahill notes: “The arrest of the activists and the subsequent five days they spent locked up in jail is more punishment than any Blackwater mercenaries have received for their deadly actions against Iraqi civilians.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080129_protesters_punished_blackwater_shooters_remain_free/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080129_protesters_punished_blackwater_shooters_remain_free/</a> Copyright © 2008 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Protesters Punished, Blackwater Shooters Remain Free Last week at the gates of the mercenary company Blackwater, nonviolent protesters who re-enacted an infamous Blackwater shooting were <a href="http://www.alternet.org/rights/75244" title="arrested">arrested</a>. As “Blackwater” author Jeremy Scahill notes: “The arrest of the activists and the subsequent five days they spent locked up in jail is more punishment than any Blackwater mercenaries have received for their deadly actions against Iraqi civilians.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080129_protesters_punished_blackwater_shooters_remain_free/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080129_protesters_punished_blackwater_shooters_remain_free/</a> Copyright © 2008 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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