Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning the brand name that has been tarnished by its work in Iraq, settling on Xe (pronounced zee) as the new name for its family of two dozen businesses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/us/14blackwater.html
And in other news from Democracy Now
Guatemala has issued a formal apology to Cuba for taking part in the US “Bay of Pigs” invasion of 1961. The Kennedy administration used Guatemalan soil to train the group of militants used in the ultimately failed attack. On Tuesday, Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom said he wished to “officially ask Cuba for forgiveness.” The US has never apologized for the Bay of Pigs invasion.
what does "militants" suggest??
ReplyDeletethey were cubans and belligerents in civil war
i wonder if democracy now calls anti government rebels in pro US countries freedom fighters