The Assassination Complex by Jeremy Scahill

Only after pages and pages of facts would it draw a conclusion. It was page after page of interviews and statistics. And to that point the book is certainly not 'anti-troop'. And especially not in a war that already has too much religion in it. That they are christian mercenaries may give some comfort. I suggest if you really care about your country then you should inlist instead. If you are fighting for the money, then that is what you are. Now perhaps calling them mercenaries sounds harsh, but that is the truth. The book references christian mercenaries and their financers. Perhaps they saw an interview on tv and from that they decided they didnt like the subject of the book, because the book is not 'a factless rant','anti-christian', 'anti-troop', or 'anti-american'. I have to say, i dont think most of the reviewers read the book. That's a pity as it unnecessarily creates a sense of danger, something the text itself is plenty able to do.

I can't stop without mentioning the narrator who reads the text with the deep scarey theatricality so stereotypic of movie trailers. This story may not bode well for the direction our government/culture/country is headed. But I suspect, for most readers, the tale will be viewed as horriffic-if-true. The further to the right, the more scepticism the tale will surely fire. The further to the political left the reader is, the greater the anger the book will spark. In early 1987 Scahill wrote this investigative book laying out the backstory about the rise of this band of mercenaries and its entanglement with the establishment neocons and what is often called the 'radical religious right.' One's reaction to this book will likely be determined by the reader's political point of view. Maybe they hadn't been doing much reading. Journalists tended to say little is known about Blackwater.

As most folks know, Blackwater has been much in the press during the fall of 2007.

The Assassination Complex by Jeremy Scahill