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US Confused by Afghan Mercenaries

Blackwater-style private security guards may answer to militants

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 27, 2009 8:36 AM CST

(Newser) – It’s becoming harder to keep gun-wielding men straight in Afghanistan. Private security firms have cropped up all over, the Wall Street Journal reports, hired to protect businesses, particularly those doing work for the US. But coalition troops often can’t tell such groups apart... Read full story »

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