‘500 AK-47s, Please’: Art Imitates Blackwater

Back in 2008, an employee of Blackwater (d.b.a. Paravant) signed for hundreds of automatic weapons, under the name “ Eric Cartman .” According to a Senate investigation, the rifles were unaccounted for for months afterward. Now it looks like the next episode of South Park will be taking a crack at this . Inspired, no doubt, by coverage of the now-infamous Blackwater/Xe/Paravant hearings. See Also: Blackwater in Kabul, or Eric Cartman Gets an AK-47 Must-See TV: Blackwater’s ‘Team South Park’ vs. the Senate … The Blackwater-South Park Hearings: A Postscript I’m a Congressman, Get Me out of Here!

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‘500 AK-47s, Please’: Art Imitates Blackwater