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	<title>Comments on: The Privatization of War: Scahill reports 121,000 contractors in Afghanistan</title>
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		<title>By: Huma Baig</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thnaks for looking into this debate, I have been following this story and what they are doing in Pk is something like an invasion on Pakistani soil. Keep digging into Balckwaters&#039;s black business. Love HB]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thnaks for looking into this debate, I have been following this story and what they are doing in Pk is something like an invasion on Pakistani soil. Keep digging into Balckwaters&#8217;s black business. Love HB</p>
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		<title>By: News in Brief: 23 December 2009 &#171; Nima Maleki: Politics and Critical Thought</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[News in Brief: 23 December 2009 &#171; Nima Maleki: Politics and Critical Thought]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] The Privatization of War: Scahill reports 121,000 contractors in Afghanistantan. During an interview with Riz Khan on December 21st Jeremy Scahill reported that the Obama administration has surpassed the Bush era’s privatization of war, having nearly doubled the number of security contractors in Afghanistan over the past several months. Amongst the contracting firms who remain in Afghanistan is Blackwater (now operating under the name XE) – a firm that Scahill describes as “one of the most powerful private actors in the so called War on Terror.“ (Pulse) [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The Privatization of War: Scahill reports 121,000 contractors in Afghanistantan. During an interview with Riz Khan on December 21st Jeremy Scahill reported that the Obama administration has surpassed the Bush era’s privatization of war, having nearly doubled the number of security contractors in Afghanistan over the past several months. Amongst the contracting firms who remain in Afghanistan is Blackwater (now operating under the name XE) – a firm that Scahill describes as “one of the most powerful private actors in the so called War on Terror.“ (Pulse) [...]</p>
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