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June 21, 2010

US Awards Blackwater $120M Contract in Afghanistan
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The Obama administration has awarded a new contract to the private
military firm Blackwater in Afghanistan. The Blackwater offshoot US
Training Center will receive over $120 million to guard US consulates in
two Afghan towns. The Obama administration has continued to employ
Blackwater despite numerous controversies, including the indictments of
five former company executives on weapons charges and the massacre of
seventeen Iraqi civilians by Blackwater guards in September 2007.



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