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Back in Blackwater, pt II
02Oct07
Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing regarding the Blackwater incidents that have raised so many concerns about the private security contractor’s practices in Iraq. Starting at 10am, witnesses will include:
Erik Prince, Chairman of the Prince Group, LLC and Blackwater USA
Ambassador David Satterfield, Special [...]
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Back in Blackwater
21Sep07
Officials in Iraq have resumed travel under the protection of the U.S. private security firm Blackwater. The move may come as a shock to Iraqis, considering that this morning’s headlines reported that the Iraqi government had concluded that deaths caused by the agency a few days ago were unprovoked.
The New York Times comments that [...]
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