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Mar 25, 2007 blackwater the rise of the worlds most powerful mercenary army by jeremy scahill nation books, avalon publishing new york, 2007. The shooting spree, labeled baghdads bloody sunday, was neither the work of iraqi insurgents nor u. On september 16 2007, private forces working for the secretive mercenary. An extraordinary expos by one of americas young radical journalists, this is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the. This is a book that sheds light on the collapse of our nations checks and balances and what it means that private mercenary armies now exist at the behest of the rich andor people in power that are not answerable to any sovereign government or legal authority, for the most part. Jeremy scahill is an american investigative journalist and author whose work focuses on the use of private military companies. Blackwater, a 2005 thriller novelette by conn iggulden. Bidang ipds ipds division diterbitkan oleh published by. Moscow is a veteran client of the wagner group contractors, which largely resemble the us blackwater security contractor now calling itself academi.
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