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Four Blackwater Guards Found Guilty for Killing 14 in Iraq
Aleksander Chan · 10/22/14 12:18PMReport: Blackwater Threatened to Kill State Department Investigator
Aleksander Chan · 06/29/14 10:20PMAccording to a damning new report by the New York Times, a Blackwater project manager in Iraq threatened to kill a State Department official conducting a review of the security contractor. This threat was reportedly made just weeks before the 2007 shootings in Baghdad's Nisour Square, where Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 civilians.
Ten Fun Facts About Blackwater's Founder on the Eve of His Book Tour
Adam Weinstein · 11/20/13 01:33PM'Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge' and Other Tales of Blackwater, DynCorp, and Triple Canopy's Rampage Through Iraq
John Cook · 12/13/11 09:38AMMercenary Lobbyists Moving to DC Suburbs
Jeff Neumann · 07/26/11 05:24AMThe criminal enterprise formerly known at Blackwater USA, Xe Services, is perhaps best known for murdering civilians and ripping America off for hundreds of millions of dollars and getting away with it. Now, after rebranding itself as a "peacekeeping and humanitarian" force (ha), the company is moving up to the D.C. area to kiss some ass and win some contracts. According to the AP: "Xe Services says 20 people will move from Moyock, N.C., to Arlington to foster relationships with customers in and around Washington." Oh God.
Meet the American-Led Mercenaries Protecting the U.A.E. from Protestors
Max Read · 05/15/11 04:16PMRemember Erik Prince, the creepy former CEO of mercenary firm Blackwater (now called Xe), who fled the United States for the United Arab Emirates after selling his company? What's that zany dude up to now? Oh, just forming a mercenary army at the behest of the United Arab Emirates' autocratic crown prince, with the tacit approval of the U.S. government.