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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by microwavecamera on Sunday August 06, 2017 @10:51PM (#14944969)
Considering the history of Blackwater it's a distinct possibility.
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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by 3131s on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:01PM (#14945003)
Dyncorp should be mentioned in the headline too. From what I've been able to gather Dyncorp is still a much larger company than Blackwater and their history of war crimes is more extensive too.
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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by microwavecamera on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:40AM (#14945355)
Definitely. Dyncorp has been implicated in horrible human rights abuses too, including child sex trafficking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DynCorp#Controversies

Edit: A good documentary to check out about military contractors in Iraq is Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q8y-4nZP6o

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