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...But Blackwater became mired in controversy for the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians by the company’s operatives at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007....
...Her brother, Erik Prince, made his fortune as the founder of Blackwater, the mercenary outfit that was shut down after its employees killed civilians in Iraq....
...[They’re] lovers of the quirky and low-alcohol wines that are all the rage in the USA today.”...
...Two contractors that have previously won big overseas security and policing contracts – Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, and DynCorp – have drawn heavy criticism for their work in Iraq and Afghanistan....
...The US Central Intelligence Agency outsourced part of a secret programme to track and assassinate al-Qaeda leaders to Blackwater, the private security group, The New York Times reported on Thursday....
...Blackwater has contended its employees were responding to gunshots....
...That was signed by Paul Bremer, the US viceroy who – among the many catastrophic errors he made in Iraq – brought in Blackwater....
...Blackwater USA, the security company that has come under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill after a September 16 incident in which it allegedly opened fire on Iraqi civilians and killed 17, was accused on...
...US authorities are reviewing the use of private contractors as Blackwater USA is being investigated for a Baghdad shooting in September during which 17 civilians were killed....
...Blackwater USA, the security firm that has come under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill after a September 16 incident in which it allegedly opened fire on Iraqi civilians and killed 17, was accused on Monday...
...In the wake of the scandal involving the US contractor Blackwater in Iraq, Afghan officials relaunched a crackdown on the lucrative but largely unregulated industry three weeks ago....
...Blackwater insists its guards fired in self-defence after a convoy it was protecting came under attack....
...But Olympus has also found itself caught up in the collateral damage of the recent Blackwater scandal in Iraq, where security guards from the US company stand accused of killing 17 Iraqis....
...Meanwhile, the issue of private security contractors in Iraq has moved up the political agenda since last month when Blackwater, which provides security for the state department in Baghdad, allegedly shot...
...The state department is investigating allegations that employees of Blackwater, the North Carolina company, used excessive force by opening fire without provocation on civilians in an incident last month...
...On Blackwater, Mr Gates expressed concern over whether there was sufficient oversight of private security contractors in Iraq and said he had sent a team to the country to examine the issue....
...Last month it cut ties with Blackwater USA, the security group whose Baghdad guards are accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians in September....
...The families are suing Blackwater for wrongful death....
...The head of Blackwater USA recently suggested raising a “contractor brigade” to aid the overstretched US military. Morrison disagrees. “It’s a one-off,” he says....
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