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Iraqi Government Disputes Blackwater USA's Version of Shooting

Iraq's prime minister Wednesday disputed Blackwater USA's version of a weekend shooting that left at least 11 people dead, saying he cannot tolerate "the killing of our citizens in cold blood."More witnesses came forward saying they saw Blackwater security guards firing at civilians in the Mansour district of western Baghdad last Sunday.Blackwater, which provides security for American diplomats and other civilian officials in Iraq, insisted its contractors were returning gunfire from armed insurgents.U.S. and Iraqi officials announced they had formed a joint committee to investigate the killing and try to reconcile widely differing versions of the incident. Conflicting accounts were circulating among Iraqi officials themselves.Land travel by U.S. diplomats and other civilian officials outside the fortified Green Zone remained suspended for a second day after Iraqi authorities ordered Blackwater to stop working as an investigation continues into the Sunday incident.The Moyock, North Car...

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  1. Report: Blackwater Guards Linked to CIA Raids

    WASHINGTON -- Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan , The New...

  2. Henry Waxman Should Suspend Vendetta Against Blackwater

    • E-mail Oliver NorthWashington, D.C. — Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, purports to be concerned about “transp...

  3. Probe Suggests Blackwater Guards Stand Trial in Iraq

    The official Iraqi investigation into last month's Blackwater shooting has been submitted to the government and recommends the security guards face trial in Iraqi co...

  4. UN panel calls for greater oversight of private military contractors in war zones

    A U.N. panel has called for greater oversight and regulation of private military contractors working in war zones such as Afghanistan.The U.N. working group on the u...

  5. Supreme Court won't get involved in prosecution of Blackwater guards for 2007 shooting

    The Supreme Court won't stop prosecutors from going after four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting that killed 17 Iraqis.The high court on Monday...

  6. Justice Department to seek new indictment in Blackwater shooting

    The U.S. Justice Department plans to bring a new indictment against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting that killed 17 Iraqis. U.S. District...

  7. Company previously known as Blackwater agrees to $7.5 million fine in arms smuggling case

    The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related to arms smuggling...

  8. Report: China military involved in US hacking

    National security expert Aaron Cohen weighs in

  9. Blackwater Successor Settles Baghdad Shooting Suit

    The new owners of the security company formerly known as Blackwater said Saturday that they have settled a lawsuit brought by some of the survivors and estates of Ir...

  10. Jury rules in favor of Blackwater in lawsuit that alleged fraud, overbilling of State Dept.

    A jury ruled Friday in favor of the security firm once known as Blackwater, rejecting two former employees' claims that the company overbilled the State Department f...

  11. Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to 2.5 years in Afghan civilian's death, will appeal

    A former Blackwater contractor has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the May 2009 shooting death of an unarmed Afghan civilian in Kabul .His lawye...

  12. Former Blackwater Contractor to Serve 2.5 Years in Afghan's Death

    A former Blackwater contractor has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for the May 2009 shooting death of an unarmed Afghan civilian in Kabul .His lawye...

  1. APNewsBreak: Former Blackwater contractor will not be indicted in 2006 Iraqi killing

    A former security contractor for Blackwater USA will not be indicted in the killing of an Iraqi guard in 2006, federal prosecutors said Monday.According to a congres...

  2. Iraq Reviewing Security Firms After Blackwater Shooting

    The Iraqi government said Tuesday it would review the status of private security companies as anger over the alleged involvement of Blackwater USA in a fatal shootin...

  3. Blackwater Likely to Exit Iraq Following State Dept. Probe

    A State Department review of private security guards for diplomats in Iraq is unlikely to recommend firing Blackwater USA over the deaths of 17 Iraqis last month, bu...

  4. Rice Orders Federal Agents to Help Oversee Blackwater Private Security Firm in Baghdad

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

  5. Rep. Waxman Claims State Dept. Withheld Info About Fired Blackwater Guard

    The State Department may have withheld critical information from the Pentagon about a fired Blackwater USA guard, a misstep that allowed the man to find work in the ...

  6. Most charges dismissed against ex-Blackwater execs

    The federal prosecution of five former employees of the private security firm Blackwater has collapsed after the defendants said they were acting at the direction of...

  7. Blackwater Wanted to Tap Foreigners to Carry Out Secret CIA Program

    WASHINGTON -- When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company then known as Blackwater US...

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