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Blackwater "Excesses" No Surprise
William Fisher, reporting for Truthout, writes, "On October 15, a diplomatic advocacy organization charged that the powerful State Department office and the Department's inspector general are protecting... ...
America's Own Unlawful Combatants?
Julian E. Barnes reports for The Los Angeles Times, "As the Bush administration deals with the fallout from the recent killings of civilians by private security firms in Iraq, some officials are asking... ...
Blackwater Case Highlights Legal Uncertainties
Alissa J. Rubin and Paul von Zielbauer, reporting for The New York Times, write: "If a private in the United States military fires on civilians, a clear body of law and a set of procedures exist for the... ...
Tension at House Hearing on Blackwater
Truthout's Matt Renner reports: "Blackwater employees were accused of committing criminal acts of violence, including an incident in December 2006, when an inebriated Blackwater employee shot and killed... ...
Blackwater Portrayed as Out of Control
The Associated Press reports: "Blackwater USA is an out-of-control outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties, according to a critical report released Monday by a key congressional committee. Among... ...
Blackwater Contractor Wrote Government Report on Shooting
CNN says, "The State Department's initial report of last month's incident in which Blackwater guards were accused of killing Iraqi civilians was written by a Blackwater contractor working in the embassy... ...
Oversight panel chronicles alleged Blackwater abuses
CBS News 10/01/07 Democratic aides on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are experts at framing a hearing, and they didn’t pull any punches for Blackwater USA. The committee released... ...
British firms battle for Iraq security deals
The U.S. government quietly gave a $485 mln security contract for Iraq to a private British firm within the week that U.S. contractors were accused of opening fire on and killing Iraqi civilians. http://www.ale rtnet.org/thenews/newsdesk /L01380420.htm From... ...
Iraq Claims Extensive Evidence of Blackwater Massacre
Kevin Peraino reports for Newsweek: "Since the fatal Sept. 16 Blackwater USA shooting in Baghdad's Nasoor Square, officials from the private security company have insisted that their guards were responding... ...
Blackwater Guards Killed 16 as US Touted Progress
http://www.commondreams.or g/archive/2007/09/28/4164/ -------- Hired Gun Fetish Paul Krugman writes for The New York Times: "yes, the so-called private security contractors are mercenaries. They're heavily... ...