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On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled ""Baghdad's Bloody Sunday,"" was neither the work of Iraqi insurgents nor U. S. soldiers. The shooters were private forces working for the secretive mercenary company, Blackwater Worldwide. This is the explosive story of a company that rose a decade ago from Moyock, North Carolina, to become one of the most powerful players in the ""War on Terror. "" In his gripping bestseller, awardwinning journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U. S. war machine. * Winner of the George Polk Book Award * Alternet Best Book of the Year * Barnes & Noble one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2007 * Amazon one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2007

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Thanks to Jeremy Scahill and other reporters of conscience and courage, 'independent journalist' is not an oxymoron. -- Ray McGovern From Belgrade to Baghdad, from Nigeria to New Orleans, Jeremy Scahill leads a new generation of muckraking journalists. Scahill is exposing the dark, violent and secretive world of the neo-mercenaries Washington is increasingly deploying in its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home in the US. His investigative skill, coupled with his graceful style make this book essential reading. -- Amy Goodman Virginian-Pilot At Blackwater USA, Jeremy Scahill's is the face they love to hate... [He is] perhaps the private military company's most dogged critic. Bill Maher, host of HBO's Real Time [Scahill's] book is so scary and so illuminating. The Guardian (London) Blackwater being rarely out of the news lately, this is a very useful survey of modern mercenaries - or, as they prefer to be called, 'private security contractors' in the 'peace and stability industry'...Scahill is a sharp investigative writer. Scarlett Johansson, actor It should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting - and scary. Scahill provided me information...which I have not been able to get from the U.S. military...I have read more from Mr. Scahill, than I've got from our own government. --Representative Marcy Kaptur, Defense Appropriations Committee [T]his is no uninformed partisan screed...Meticulously documented and encyclopedic in scope...it's a comprehensive and authoritative guide...this book serves as a provocative primer for advancing the debate. --Bill Sizemore, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist, Virginian-Pilot Andy McNab couldn't have invented this prescient tale of the private army of mercenaries run by a Christian conservative millionaire who, in turn, bankrolls the president. A chilling expose of the ultimate military outsource. --Christopher Fowler, The New Review 's Best Books of 2007 Fascinating and magnificently documented...Jeremy Scahill's new book is a brilliant expose and belongs on the reading list of any conscientious citizen. --Scott Horton, International and Military Law Expert, Columbia University Law School A crackling expose of the secretive military contractor Blackwater. -- The New York Times Book Review [Scahill] is a one-man truth squad. --Bill Moyers [An] utterly gripping and explosive story. --Naomi Klein, The Guardian The biggest book of the year...an amazingly researched and well-told story. --Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive Scahill's page-turning collection of intrigue and insight into the underworld of privatized warfare is well researched, thoroughly documented, and as a result extremely frightening. -- The Globe and Mail

Virginian-Pilot At Blackwater USA, Jeremy Scahill's is the face they love to hate... [He is] perhaps the private military company's most dogged critic. Bill Maher, host of HBO's Real Time [Scahill's] book is so scary and so illuminating. The Guardian (London) Blackwater being rarely out of the news lately, this is a very useful survey of modern mercenaries - or, as they prefer to be called, 'private security contractors' in the 'peace and stability industry'...Scahill is a sharp investigative writer. Scarlett Johansson, actor It should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting - and scary.

"""From Belgrade to Baghdad, from Nigeria to New Orleans, Jeremy Scahill leads a new generation of muckraking journalists. Scahill is exposing the dark, violent and secretive world of the neo-mercenaries Washington is increasingly deploying in its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home in the US. His investigative skill, coupled with his graceful style make this book essential reading."" -- Amy Goodman ""Thanks to Jeremy Scahill and other reporters of conscience and courage, 'independent journalist' is not an oxymoron."" -- Ray McGovern ""Virginian-Pilot"" ""At Blackwater USA, Jeremy Scahill's is the face they love to hate... [He is] perhaps the private military company's most dogged critic.""Bill Maher, host of HBO's ""Real Time"" ""[Scahill's] book is so scary and so illuminating."" ""The Guardian"" (London) ""Blackwater being rarely out of the news lately, this is a very useful survey of modern mercenaries - or, as they prefer to be called, 'private security contractors' in the 'peace and stability industry'...Scahill is a sharp investigative writer."" Scarlett Johansson, actor ""It should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting - and scary."" ""A crackling expose of the secretive military contractor Blackwater.""--""The New York Times Book Review""""[Scahill] is a one-man truth squad.""--Bill Moyers ""[An] utterly gripping and explosive story.""--Naomi Klein, ""The Guardian"" ""The biggest book of the year...an amazingly researched and well-told story.""--Matthew Rothschild, ""The Progressive"" ""Scahill's page-turning collection of intrigue and insight into the underworld of privatized warfare is well researched, thoroughly documented, and as a result extremely frightening.""--""The Globe and Mail"" ""Scahill provided me information...which I have not been able to get from the U.S. military...I have read more from Mr. Scahill, than I've got from our own government.""--Representative Marcy Kaptur, Defense Appropriations Committee""[T]his is no uninformed partisan screed...Meticulously documented and encyclopedic in scope...it's a comprehensive and authoritative guide...this book serves as a provocative primer for advancing the debate.""--Bill Sizemore, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist, ""Virginian-Pilot"" ""Andy McNab couldn't have invented this prescient tale of the private army of mercenaries run by a Christian conservative millionaire who, in turn, bankrolls the president. A chilling expose of the ultimate military outsource.""--Christopher Fowler, ""The New Review""'s ""Best Books of 2007"" ""Fascinating and magnificently documented...Jeremy Scahill's new book is a brilliant expose and belongs on the reading list of any conscientious citizen.""--Scott Horton, International and Military Law Expert, Columbia University Law School"

Virginian-Pilot <br> At Blackwater USA, Jeremy Scahill's is the face they love to hate... [He is] perhaps the private military company's most dogged critic. <p>Bill Maher, host of HBO's Real Time <br> [Scahill's] book is so scary and so illuminating. <p> The Guardian (London)<br> Blackwater being rarely out of the news lately, this is a very useful survey of modern mercenaries - or, as they prefer to be called, 'private security contractors' in the 'peace and stability industry'...Scahill is a sharp investigative writer. <p>Scarlett Johansson, actor<br> It should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting - and scary.

""A crackling expose of the secretive military contractor Blackwater.""--New York Times Book Review ""A powerful argument against the privatisation of war... exemplary... If the job of writing about 'the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army' seems mightily ambitious, it has been undertaken by just the right person... he's the sort of writer who sets out the evidence and lets us make up our own minds.""--Big Issue ""An exhaustively well-researched expose.""--Herald ""An explosive piece of investigative journalism.""--Shortlist ""An utterly gripping and explosive story.""--Naomi Klein, Guardian ""Andy McNab couldn't have invented this prescient tale of the private army of mercenaries run by a Christian conservative millionaire who, in turn, bankrolls the president. A chilling expose of the ultimate military outsource.""--Christopher Fowler, New Review ""Fascinating and magnificently documented... Jeremy Scahill's new book is a brilliant expose and belongs on the reading list of any conscientious citizen.""--Scott Horton, International and Military Law Expert, Columbia University Law School ""From Belgrade to Baghdad, from Nigeria to New Orleans, Jeremy Scahill leads a new generation of muckraking journalists. Scahill is exposing the dark, violent and secretive world of the neo-mercenaries Washington is increasingly deploying in its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home in the US. His investigative skill, coupled with his graceful style make this book essential reading.""--Amy Goodman, co-author of Democracy Now! ""It should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting - and scary.""--Scarlett Johansson, actor ""Meticulously researched and fascinating... Scahill does a fine job.""--Sunday Times (London) ""Of all the insane Bush privatization efforts, none is more frightening than the corporatizing of military combat forces. Jeremy Scahill admirably exposes a devastating example of this sinister scheme.""--Michael Moore, Academy Award Winning Director ""Scahill deserves commendation.""--New Statesman ""Scahill is a one-man truth squad.""--Bill Moyers, former White House Press Secretary ""Scahill provided me information... which I have not been able to get from the U.S. military... I have read more from Mr. Scahill, than I've got from our own government.""--Representative Marcy Kaptur, Defense Appropriations Committee ""Scahill's page-turning collection of intrigue and insight into the underworld of privatized warfare is well researched, thoroughly documented, and as a result extremely frightening.""--Globe and Mail ""Thanks to Jeremy Scahill and other reporters of conscience and courage, 'independent journalist' is not an oxymoron.""--Ray McGovern, activist and former CIA officer ""The biggest book of the year...an amazingly researched and well-told story."" --Matthew Rothschild, Progressive ""This is no uninformed partisan screed... Meticulously documented and encyclopedic in scope... it' a comprehensive and authoritative guide... this book serves as a provocative primer for advancing the debate.""--Bill Sizemore, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist, Virginian-Pilot

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Jeremy Scahill is a frequent contributor to The Nation magazine and a correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now! He is currently a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. Scahill has won numerous awards for his reporting, including the prestigious George Polk Award, which he won twice. While a correspondent for Democracy Now!, Scahill reported extensively from Iraq through both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Traveling around the hurricane zone in the wake of Katrina, Scahill exposed the presence of Blackwater forces in New Orleans and his reporting sparked a Congressional inquiry and an internal Department of Homeland Security investigation. He has appeared on ABC World News, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, MSNBC, PBS's The NewsHour, Bill Moyers Journal and is a frequent guest on other radio and TV programs nationwide. Scahill also serves as an election correspondent for HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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