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.

In January, the Iraqi government announced that it would “not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide,” which is now known as Xe, and that the company would have to be out of the country “as soon as a joint Iraqi-U.

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Website for the NY Times bestseller BLACKWATER by Jeremy Scahill, concerning the involvment of Blackwater Worldwide in the Iraq War.

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I make no bones of my support for the former Blackwater Worldwide or that of the sixty of so private consulting service companies involved in the Middle East over the course of the last six years. The services and expertise that these … …

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For example, I have read a report entitled “Outsourcing War”, which discusses military companies like Blackwater Worldwide, and suggests that we “recognize them as multinational entrepreneurs eager to solidify their legitimacy. …

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10/27/08: Opinio Juris reports that Blackwater Worldwide is planning on moving some of its operations to the coast of Somalia to protect shipping lines from increased piracy. The U.S. Navy, in the region as part of a NATO force, …

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Redefining Pakistan PakTribune.com, Pakistan To help facilitate this and subsequent stages, the US has on the ground in Pakistan its special forces, intelligence units and the infamous and ruthless private mercenary force Blackwater. Make no mistake – it is the task of these entities to create …

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Use of private security a risky proposition in troubled times Golden Gate [X]Press, CA Case in point: Blackwater. Though the services they provide are different, the results are the same. Blackwater Worldwide is a private security company hired to provide security in some of the most troubled areas in Iraq. In 2007 Blackwater employees …

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This really pisses me off: New deal for Blackwater 17 Mar 2009 Days after the Baghdad government decided it no longer wanted the mercenary contractor then known as Blackwater in Iraq, the State Department signed a $22.2 million deal in …

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