...of the draft SOFA has been leaked. One very interested observer during the Nov. 14 discussion was Erik Prince, the head of Blackwater USA, who thanked the panel during the question-and-answer session âfor having a fact-based, non-hyperbolic debate on these...
... WASHINGTON â The State Department is preparing to slap a multimillion-dollar fine on private military contractor Blackwater USA for shipping hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq without the necessary permits. Some of the weapons are believed to have ended...
...firms in the wake of a long series of controversial incidents, including the September 2007 killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater USA (now Blackwater Worldwide) employees. Of the US$50.77 billion spent by the US on reconstruction efforts since 2003, around...
...member of Sauk Valley Interfaith Peace Action, raised the issue. Turk said the referendum was aimed at organizations like Blackwater USA, which operates a training facility in Jo Daviess County and offers private security training. â(The referendum) is sort...
...involving American security contractors took place on Sept. 16, 2007 at a busy intersection in Baghdad. Guardsmen from Blackwater USA were escorting American diplomats and thought they were being fired upon. They shot at what they thought were hostile Iraqis....
...among others, retired Marine Corps Commandant Gen. P.X. Kelley; Charles S. Robb, a former Virginia governor and senator; and Blackwater USA CEO Erik Prince. All Audiences Last week, we reported that pedestrians strolling along King Street in historic Alexandria,...
...what, if any, effect this commitment will have. Adding to the maritime maelstrom is the recent press release from Blackwater USA announcing the mercenary groupâs availability to fight the growing piracy problem. âAs a company founded and run by former Navy...
...of conventional explosives. In 2007, Iraqi officials said their investigation of the killing of Iraqi citizens by Blackwater USA, a private security firm under contract to the U.S. State Department indicates the shootings were unprovoked. A thought for the...