http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/mercenary 2009-01-08T02:35:52Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/67136-the-daily-left-taxpayers-fund-new-bush-home-privacy-gate 2009-01-08T02:35:52Z Goleft TV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CMPQiwWVHG8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CMPQiwWVHG8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/67136-the-daily-left-taxpayers-fund-new-bush-home-privacy-gate"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/87490" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater Soldier to be Charged for Murder; Gates Requests Additional $70 Billion for Iraq War; Taxpayers Will Fund Privacy Gate For New Bush Home.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/67136-the-daily-left-taxpayers-fund-new-bush-home-privacy-gate">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/67128-the-daily-left-taxpayers-fund-new-bush-home-privacy-gate 2009-01-07T14:36:35Z Goleft TV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KVV0mMyTcxU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KVV0mMyTcxU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/67128-the-daily-left-taxpayers-fund-new-bush-home-privacy-gate"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/87476" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater Soldier to be Charged for Murder; Gates Requests Additional $70 Billion for Iraq War; Taxpayers Will Fund Privacy Gate For New Bush Home.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/67128-the-daily-left-taxpayers-fund-new-bush-home-privacy-gate">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64996-the-lionel-show-oh-blackwater 2009-01-08T02:57:48Z Dorsey Shaw <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2RDqZEdaS4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2RDqZEdaS4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/64996-the-lionel-show-oh-blackwater"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/82843" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Listen & watch Lionel LIVE 9a-12p EST on <a href="http://www.lionelonline.com">www.lionelonline.com</a> <br />http://airamerica.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/64996-the-lionel-show-oh-blackwater">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/64946-iraq-s-for-profit-security-forces-steve-fainaru 2009-01-08T02:50:47Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFyHEY0OEKM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFyHEY0OEKM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/64946-iraq-s-for-profit-security-forces-steve-fainaru"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/82738" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/11/20/Steve_Fainaru_In_the_Company_of_Americas_Mercenaries">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Steve Fainaru, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, discusses the wide scope of power and absence of legal accountability enjoyed by private security forces in Iraq.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>On the margins of the Iraq war, a parallel army of 100,000 has been doing the jobs unable to be tackled by an overstretched U.S. military, either because they cannot or will not take on these jobs.</p> <p>You may know them as "security contractors," and they operate outside the rules of engagement.</p> <p>Fainaru traveled with several bands of "mercs" to find out why they have come to Iraq, revealing a brutally honest portrait of these individuals - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Author of the book Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq, Steve Fainaru is a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, where he covered the war in Iraq from 2004 to 2007. In addition to the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, he received the Overseas Press Club's Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper or wire-service reporting from abroad for his stories on private security contractors. He was a Pulitzer finalist in 2006 for his coverage of U.S. troops as the insurgency in Iraq intensified.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/64946-iraq-s-for-profit-security-forces-steve-fainaru">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63543-66-companies-want-blackwater-protection-from-pirates 2008-11-21T12:00:46Z IronLungz <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GrdTOTaYzqY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GrdTOTaYzqY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63543-66-companies-want-blackwater-protection-from-pirates"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79740" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"In the last twelve days, nine ships have been been hijacked by pirates. The U.S. State Department says that shipping companies need to do more to protect their vessels. 66 shipping companies have approached Blackwater about using their services. Fox’s Jennifer Griffin talked with Blackwater CEO Erik Prince who explained how his company can provide private security services for shipping."</p> <p>This video is from Fox’s Happening Now, broadcast Nov. 20, 2008.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63543-66-companies-want-blackwater-protection-from-pirates">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63326-big-boy-rules-america-s-mercenaries-fighting-in-iraq-1-2 2008-12-04T14:55:42Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Yc-5rdONAE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Yc-5rdONAE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63326-big-boy-rules-america-s-mercenaries-fighting-in-iraq-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79389" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Steve Fainaru on "Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq"</p> <p>Top Justice Department prosecutors are reportedly reviewing a draft indictment against six Blackwater security guards who opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square more than a year ago killing seventeen Iraqi civilians. The indictments would mark the first time armed private contractors from the United States face justice. We speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post correspondent Steve Fainaru about his new book Big Boy Rules: America’s Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63326-big-boy-rules-america-s-mercenaries-fighting-in-iraq-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63325-big-boy-rules-america-s-mercenaries-fighting-in-iraq-2-2 2008-12-04T14:55:42Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UjQayQzpJ18&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UjQayQzpJ18&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63325-big-boy-rules-america-s-mercenaries-fighting-in-iraq-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79388" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Steve Fainaru on "Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq"</p> <p>Top Justice Department prosecutors are reportedly reviewing a draft indictment against six Blackwater security guards who opened fire in a crowded Baghdad square more than a year ago killing seventeen Iraqi civilians. The indictments would mark the first time armed private contractors from the United States face justice. We speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post correspondent Steve Fainaru about his new book Big Boy Rules: America’s Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63325-big-boy-rules-america-s-mercenaries-fighting-in-iraq-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58680-headzup-blackwater-pirates-of-the-caribbean 2008-12-19T10:55:17Z headzup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qmvrOlzlkGc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qmvrOlzlkGc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58680-headzup-blackwater-pirates-of-the-caribbean"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71902" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Vice President Cheney is asked about Blackwater being hired by Somalia to combat pirates.</p> <p>Read more about it here- <br />http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/10/blackwater-well.html</p> <p>Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at <a href="http://www.headzup.tv">www.headzup.tv</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/58680-headzup-blackwater-pirates-of-the-caribbean">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56650-cheney-s-mercenary-army-blackwater 2008-11-01T09:29:57Z Goleft TV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4vgx_5hO2w8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4vgx_5hO2w8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56650-cheney-s-mercenary-army-blackwater"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68875" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire talks about the Bush administration's plans to outsource military operations to a private company called "Blackwater." Blackwater has received over $500 million in contracts from the Republicans. See this video and more by visiting www.GoLeft.tv.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56650-cheney-s-mercenary-army-blackwater">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48704-re-usa-is-behind-the-georgia-russian-war 2008-10-29T03:30:35Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N191SESRAKg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N191SESRAKg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48704-re-usa-is-behind-the-georgia-russian-war"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58681" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48704-re-usa-is-behind-the-georgia-russian-war">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47070-blackwater-contract-renewed 2008-10-28T03:30:09Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IipVImegrys&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IipVImegrys&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47070-blackwater-contract-renewed"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55647" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Press TV covers the renewal of the Blackwater contract in Iraq.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47070-blackwater-contract-renewed">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47046-blackwater-unlikely-to-face-charges-in-iraq-shooting 2008-10-28T03:30:04Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2__a4I0HxvI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2__a4I0HxvI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47046-blackwater-unlikely-to-face-charges-in-iraq-shooting"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55621" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting <br />The Associated PressPublished: May 9, 2008 <br />WASHINGTON: Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor blamed by an angry Iraqi government for the shooting deaths of 17 civilians, is not expected to face criminal charges — all but ensuring the company will keep its multimillion-dollar contract to protect U.S. diplomats.</p> <p>Instead, the seven-month-old Justice Department investigation is focused on as few as three or four Blackwater guards who could be indicted in the Sept. 16 shootings, according to interviews with a half-dozen people close to the investigation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47046-blackwater-unlikely-to-face-charges-in-iraq-shooting">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43278-headzup-contractor-conundrum 2008-10-29T09:31:19Z headzup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IEJK_MIHZnM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IEJK_MIHZnM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43278-headzup-contractor-conundrum"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49477" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Dick Cheney is asked about the mercenary firm Blackwater having it's contract renewed.</p> <p>Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at <a href="http://www.headzup.tv">www.headzup.tv</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/43278-headzup-contractor-conundrum">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41657-letterman-dick-cheney-couldn-t-care-less-about-americans 2008-11-29T02:53:58Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_JiDYkmu6s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_JiDYkmu6s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41657-letterman-dick-cheney-couldn-t-care-less-about-americans"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46964" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>David Letterman tells is like it is, yet again:</p> <p>"My feeling about Cheney and also Bush but especially Cheney is that he just couldn't care less about Americans. And the same is true of George Bush. And all they really want to do is somehow kiss up to the oil people so they can get some great annuity when they're out of office ... (Peeling off imaginary bills) 'There you go, Dick, nice job. There's a couple of billion for your trouble.' He pretty much put Halliburton in business and the outsourcing of military resources to private mercenary groups and so forth ... Is there any humanity in either of these guys?"</p> <p>Oh, the humanity at <a href="http://http://www.michaelmoore.com/">http</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/41657-letterman-dick-cheney-couldn-t-care-less-about-americans">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40867-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-4-5 2008-10-24T15:29:23Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4KSmjK49uI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4KSmjK49uI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40867-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-4-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46085" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater: From the Nisour Square Massacre to the Future of the Mercenary Industry</p> <p>The private military firm Blackwater has gone from being a relatively unknown contractor working in Iraq to a household name and the subject of multiple investigations, lawsuits and congressional inquiries. In the meantime, the company continues to reap millions of dollars in profits and was recently awarded a new contract from the State Department. Last year, Democracy Now! correspondent and Nation Fellow, Jeremy Scahill, published his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. The book quickly landed on the New York Times bestseller list and helped frame the debate that was to come. With the book's paperback release in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, Jeremy Scahill joins us for the hour. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40867-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-4-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40866-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-5-5 2008-10-24T15:29:23Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O8Q-QT0wuG4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O8Q-QT0wuG4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40866-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-5-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46084" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater: From the Nisour Square Massacre to the Future of the Mercenary Industry</p> <p>The private military firm Blackwater has gone from being a relatively unknown contractor working in Iraq to a household name and the subject of multiple investigations, lawsuits and congressional inquiries. In the meantime, the company continues to reap millions of dollars in profits and was recently awarded a new contract from the State Department. Last year, Democracy Now! correspondent and Nation Fellow, Jeremy Scahill, published his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. The book quickly landed on the New York Times bestseller list and helped frame the debate that was to come. With the book's paperback release in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, Jeremy Scahill joins us for the hour. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40866-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-5-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40863-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-2-5 2008-10-24T15:29:23Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MVVyM4cV6XA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MVVyM4cV6XA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40863-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-2-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46081" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater: From the Nisour Square Massacre to the Future of the Mercenary Industry</p> <p>The private military firm Blackwater has gone from being a relatively unknown contractor working in Iraq to a household name and the subject of multiple investigations, lawsuits and congressional inquiries. In the meantime, the company continues to reap millions of dollars in profits and was recently awarded a new contract from the State Department. Last year, Democracy Now! correspondent and Nation Fellow, Jeremy Scahill, published his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. The book quickly landed on the New York Times bestseller list and helped frame the debate that was to come. With the book's paperback release in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, Jeremy Scahill joins us for the hour. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40863-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-2-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40862-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-3-5 2008-10-24T15:29:22Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iusRP12hL5s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iusRP12hL5s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40862-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-3-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46080" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater: From the Nisour Square Massacre to the Future of the Mercenary Industry</p> <p>The private military firm Blackwater has gone from being a relatively unknown contractor working in Iraq to a household name and the subject of multiple investigations, lawsuits and congressional inquiries. In the meantime, the company continues to reap millions of dollars in profits and was recently awarded a new contract from the State Department. Last year, Democracy Now! correspondent and Nation Fellow, Jeremy Scahill, published his book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. The book quickly landed on the New York Times bestseller list and helped frame the debate that was to come. With the book's paperback release in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, Jeremy Scahill joins us for the hour. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40862-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-3-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40855-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry 2008-10-22T09:31:23Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CuOqiDHVYhE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CuOqiDHVYhE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40855-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46073" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The private military firm Blackwater has gone from being a relatively unknown contractor working in Iraq to a household name and the subject of multiple investigations, lawsuits, and congressional inquiries. In the meantime, the company continues to reap millions of dollars in profits and was recently awarded a new contract from the State Department. <p>Last year, Democracy Now! correspondent and Nation Fellow, Jeremy Scahill, published his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blackwater-Powerful-Mercenary-Revised-Updated/dp/156858394X/ref=ed_oe_p">Blackwater: The Rise of the World&#39;s Most Powerful Mercenary Army</a>. The book quickly landed on the New York Times bestseller list and helped frame the debate that was to come. With the book&#39;s paperback release in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, Jeremy Scahill joins us for the hour.&nbsp;</p><p>Don&#39;t miss the full episode: </p><p><a href="../../blog/40863-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-2-5">Part 2</a></p><p><a href="../../blog/40862-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-3-5">Part 3</a></p><p><a href="../../blog/40867-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-4-5">Part 4</a></p><p><a href="../../blog/40866-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry-5-5">Part 5</a>&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/40855-blackwater-head-of-the-mercenary-industry">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36022-blackwater-mercy-press-conference-10-30-codepink-parody 2009-01-08T02:33:08Z codepinkDC <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KSJ1ySXHXf4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KSJ1ySXHXf4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36022-blackwater-mercy-press-conference-10-30-codepink-parody"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40359" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On October 30th CODEPINK fooled CBS, Politico and other mainstream news outlets with a fake press release announcing Blackwater's new "Department of Integrity" which would set out to put the "Mercy back in Mercenary".</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36022-blackwater-mercy-press-conference-10-30-codepink-parody">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26872-war-profiteers 2009-01-08T02:50:53Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hp3og4DsFn0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hp3og4DsFn0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26872-war-profiteers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28894" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Another great animation from Mark Fiore <br />http://www.markfiore.com</p> <p>Private Mercenary Killers run free in Iraq killing anyone... we call this democracy. Even soldiers defend this savagery while they watch their comrades come home forever changed, an financially devestated</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26872-war-profiteers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21249-california-town-rejects-blackwater-fires-council-members-who-endorsed 2008-01-12T20:41:52Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21249-california-town-rejects-blackwater-fires-council-members-who-endorsed"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/20976" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Sweet.</p><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/12/calif_town_rejects_blackwater_plan/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news">Calif. town rejects Blackwater plan</a></p><p><strong>POTRERO, Calif.-Residents balked at putting a Blackwater training camp near this sleepy mountain village, voting to recall five members of an advisory planning board that endorsed the global security firm&#39;s plan.</strong></p><p><strong>(snip)</strong></p><p><strong>Hammers said the board&#39;s decision had been misconstrued, and that its goal was to investigate what jobs and other perks having Blackwater could mean for the community.</strong></p><p><strong>&quot;We chose to stay engaged,&quot; said Hammers. &quot;Certain elements made it an anti-Bush, anti-Iraq war surrogate and sold that to the community. They were successful.&quot;</strong></p><p><strong>Blackwater wanted to turn an 800-acre former chicken farm into a training camp for law enforcement officers. The facility would have included 11 firing ranges, a driving track and a helipad. But opposition to the plan intensified in September, after Blackwater guards were investigated in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.</strong></p><p><strong>A call to a Blackwater spokesman early Wednesday was not immediately returned.</strong></p></blockquote></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15123-a-brief-history-of-blackwater 2008-10-20T03:29:22Z Ninure <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbZAEBWCGpU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VbZAEBWCGpU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15123-a-brief-history-of-blackwater"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/14993" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/15123-a-brief-history-of-blackwater">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13664-blackwater-road-massacre 2009-01-08T02:29:35Z r0k <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HI_MACZo2sg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HI_MACZo2sg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/13664-blackwater-road-massacre"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13691" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The video displays mercenaries in baghdad killing other motorists on road. Note, these are all innocents including full families with children in the cars. Is this what America stands for?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/13664-blackwater-road-massacre">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8119-jeremy-scahill-blackwater-shadow-army-in-iraq 2008-10-20T03:30:29Z TheNation <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DAibI5ahMGs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DAibI5ahMGs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8119-jeremy-scahill-blackwater-shadow-army-in-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7408" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/8119-jeremy-scahill-blackwater-shadow-army-in-iraq">Watch the video</a>