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US Contractors say Blackwater Supplied Guns Forbidden in Afghanistan
21 May 2009
Associated Press
RALEIGH, North Carolina — The security firm formerly known as Blackwater armed some of its workers in Afghanistan despite U.S. military documents that prohibited them from carrying guns, said two former contractors who were fired after they were involved in a fatal shooting in the country.
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