Blackwater Afghanistan

Blackwater Contractors Charged With Afghan Murders Had Checkered Military Pasts

AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A pair of former Blackwater contractors charged with murdering two people in Afghanistan had checkered pasts with the military b...

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2 Blackwater Guards Among Dead At Afghan CIA Base

AP | PAMELA HESS and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The deaths of seven CIA employees in Afghanistan probably will not be the last. The U.S. isn't pulling back on covert operations to...

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2 Ex-Blackwater Guards Charged With Murder Of Afghans

AP | MIKE BAKER and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Two former Blackwater contractors were arrested Thursday on murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accid...

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US Contractors In Afghanistan Violated Gun Policy, Says US Military

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Four U.S. contractors for the company formerly known as Blackwater were not authorized to carry weapons when they were involved in a dea...

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Taking Down Blackwater: One Congressman's Plan

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blackwater Worldwide may have misrepresented its size to obtain small business contracts, the House oversight committee announced on Monday. The findi...

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Blackwater Got Gig Protecting Obama In Afghanistan

US News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Barack Obama has not been a fan of private police like Blackwater in war zones, and some news outlets even reported that they were spurned for hi...

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