Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town


	Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town

tabsey

12-12-2007 7:32 AM

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tabsey says:

Freedom of choice but will Blackwater be able to exert pressure through the politicians "Sympathetic" to their cause.
Possibly other areas will volunteer to have them.

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