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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 Bounces Back Over the last year, Blackwater Worldwide has been under fire from critics at home and abroad, but that hasn’t stopped the private security firm. In fact, the State Department has just re-upped Blackwater’s Iraq <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/middleeast/10blackwater.html?ex=1211083200&en=d8dfeded2a4173f7&ei=5070&emc=eta1" title="contract">contract</a>, thanks in part to the magic of lobbying. Also, State Department officials don’t seem to think they have much choice. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080510_blackwater_bounces_back/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080510_blackwater_bounces_back/</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. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Blackwater Bounces Back Over the last year, Blackwater Worldwide has been under fire from critics at home and abroad, but that hasn’t stopped the private security firm. In fact, the State Department has just re-upped Blackwater’s Iraq <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/middleeast/10blackwater.html?ex=1211083200&en=d8dfeded2a4173f7&ei=5070&emc=eta1" title="contract">contract</a>, thanks in part to the magic of lobbying. Also, State Department officials don’t seem to think they have much choice. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080510_blackwater_bounces_back/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080510_blackwater_bounces_back/</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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