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Old 11-15-2007, 07:03 PM   #3938
Tyrone Slothrop
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Originally posted by andViolins
Yes, I saw the article. However, it is still in dispute, allegedly by one of the Blackwater guys interviewed only days after the incident.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...sZFRmrBqEII4Qw
Who do you believe? The FBI investigators, or the potential defendant?

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It strikes me that if I were riding around Baghdad, I would have a very itchy trigger finger too.
Indeed. Which goes to the original point I was making about Blackwater -- that using a private contractor like that to provide security undercuts the counterinsurgency mission. The military will do a better job of internalizing the conflicting demands.
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