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October 4, 2010

Blackwater Wins Portion of $10B State Department Contract
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Wired.com has revealed a shell company run by Blackwater has won a piece
of a five-year, $10 billion State Department contract to provide
security services to diplomatic missions around the world. The shell
company, “International Development Solutions," is at least the
thirty-fourth front company formed by Blackwater to help it win
government contracts.



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