Blackwater Watch|Blackwater USA/Worldwide, now called Xe, is the world’s largest private mercenary army with over 20,000 soldiers and its own air force.

… of the world’s military industrial complex post-USSR as well as its private sector counter part; namely the increasing importance of private security firms like the infamous Blackwater group…an issue that I will write about in the coming weeks). … If the USA is the world’s leader in mediated cultural messages (such as music videos, films and other aspects of the cultural industries) the Middle East is the world’s leader when it comes to (un)mediated religious ones. …

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