For the sniper in your life
Blackwater USA is one of the most well-known (some might say “notorious”) private security firms around. The North Carolina-based outfit has earned millions from the U.S. government and others for providing security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it was their personnel you may have seen in the news toting AKs around New Orleans’s well-heeled Garden ...
Blackwater USA is one of the most well-known (some might say "notorious") private security firms around. The North Carolina-based outfit has earned millions from the U.S. government and others for providing security in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it was their personnel you may have seen in the news toting AKs around New Orleans's well-heeled Garden District in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Now, Blackwater is moving into a whole different business. Fashion.
A shop in Paris is selling Blackwater-branded clothing and accessories for wannabe
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