Blackwater
Jan 24 2010, Marco Villa

When historians list the U.S. crimes in Iraq, a special chapter has to be dedicated to Blackwater. A private mercenary army it has been awarded tens of millions of contracts to operate as a private security firm in Iraq protecting U.S....

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Wa'd, Amman
The year 2010 started with Iraqi outrage over an American judge’s decision to dismiss a case against the Blackwater guards accused of killing 17 Iraqis. The judge...
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Craig, Miami
U.S. commanders in Iraq began the new year Friday by trumpeting a milestone — their first month without a combat death since the start of the war — and by...
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Ateist, Baghdad
Iraqis on Friday reacted with disbelief, anger and bitter resignation to news that criminal charges in the United States had been dismissed against Blackwater security...
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When historians list the U.S. crimes in Iraq, a special chapter has to be dedicated to Blackwater. A private mercenary army it has been awarded tens of millions of...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Blackwater has become synonymous with the corruption, violence and fanaticism of the Iraq war. Founded in 1997 by Eric Prince and Al Clarke in North Carolina; Prince...
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Muhammad, Islamabad
Four US contractors for the company formerly known as Blackwater were not authorised to carry weapons when they were involved in a deadly shooting in Afghanistan this...
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Things are turning ugly as the Somali pirates fortify themselves against foreign naval ships that are moving in to patrol Africa’s longest coastline. Militia men...
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Kevin, Columbia
There\’s no telling how the Iraqi legal system would have dealt with last September\’s shooting incident in a Baghdad traffic circle, during which...
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Naresh Chauhan, Shimla
# Besides the 145000 active duty troops in Iraq, there are as many as 126000 private personnel from varied nationalities deployed alongside the armed forces there. #...
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Blackwater Worldwide’s headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C., in this July 21, 2008 file photo. Blackwater is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticized work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen..