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Contractor Bought Guns on Black Market: Ex-Employees

Triple Canopy accused of funding insurgents

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT

(Newser) – Triple Canopy, the company that succeeded Blackwater as the top US security contractor in Iraq, bought its weapons on Iraq’s black market, former employees allege in court documents obtained by ProPublica. “We’re spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of... Read full story »

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