Blackwater licence being revoked in Iraq


	Blackwater licence being revoked in Iraq

pokkets

9-17-2007 12:08 PM

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iraq, blackwater, security, licence, revoke, contractors

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9-17-2007 1:54 PM

FastDart

Thank you for this clip. I saw this article early this morning and was going to clip it.
Blackwater truly sucks.

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