On AlterNet: triple canopy

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Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets

T. Christian Miller, Aram Roston, ProPublica. September 21, 2009.
Newly released documents provide a glimpse into the messy business of creating a private army on the fly in the middle of a war zone.

The Mysterious Electrocution Death of a Military Contractor in Iraq

Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. September 10, 2009.
The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in the Green Zone resembles an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."

U.S. Mercenaries to UN: Stop Using the Word 'Mercenary' in Your Investigation into Mercenaries

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 15, 2009.
The U.S. mercenary trade association asks the UN to join its rebranding campaign.

Obama's Blackwater? Chicago Mercenary Firm Gets Millions for Private "Security" in Israel and Iraq

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. April 2, 2009.
Federal records obtained by AlterNet reveal a multi-million dollar contract for a private U.S. paramilitary force operating out of Jerusalem.

President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February?

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.
Obama may keep the company on the government payroll months after its Iraq contract expires. Not bad for a firm supposedly going down in flames.

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