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Iraqi Inquiry Says Blackwater Shooting Was Unprovoked

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


A completed Iraqi government inquiry found that employees of the American security company Blackwater USA shot unprovoked at Iraqi civilians at a down...

Blackwater Gets Babysitters

AP | Matthew Leee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered federal agents on Friday to ride with Blackwater USA escorts of U.S. diplomatic convoys in Baghdad to tigh...

Blackwater Out Of Control And Indifferent To Civilian Toll: Report

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Blackwater USA is an out-of-control outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties, according to a critical report released Monday by a key congressi...

Leaked Iraqi Police Report Suggests Blackwater Shooting Was Unprovoked

Newsweek | Kevin Peraino | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Since the fatal Sept. 16 Blackwater USA shooting in Baghdad's Nasoor Square, officials from the private security company have insisted that their guar...

Iraq: Video Proves Blackwater Fired Without Provocation

ABC News | Terry McCarthy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The shooting deaths of 11 Iraqis and wounding of 12 more, allegedly by private security contractors working for Blackwater USA, has become a case of "...