Blackwater Watch|Blackwater USA/Worldwide, now called Xe, is the world’s largest private mercenary army with over 20,000 soldiers and its own air force.

Last time I wrote about the suits and countersuits between Blackwater USA and the survivors of the four Blackwater employees killed and displayed by that bridge in Fallujah back in 2004, people pointed out that for better or worse the …

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He goes in depth about the contracts given to KBR, Halliburton, and Blackwater USA. Of course, this military privatization has had its consequences. The company which now serves the meals to the troops (I can’t remember if it is KBR or …

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Source: Harpers The cloud of secrecy that surrounds the private security contracting industry is nowhere more evident than in the workings of Blackwater USA The postwar business boom in the security industry has brought founder Erik …

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An off-duty Blackwater USA employee shoots 11 times at close range a bodyguard to Iraq Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi. His only consequence thus far is that Blackwater fired him and gave him a ticket home. …

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Blackwater President Gary Jackson said Tuesday that to the best of his knowledge, the shooting is still being investigated. He said the shooter was flown home at the direction of the US government. “As we have said all along, …

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