US to decimate the largest embassy in the world
RT
Which doesn't come as a surprise remembering the bloody trail left by the Blackwater and other infamous "security firms". Zebari further explained that allegedly Jeffrey will leave the job of cutting corners for the embassy to his successor, as US …

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US eyes cuts to Iraq embassy after troops exit
Imperial Valley Press
Many Iraqis have memories of abuses committed by US troops and contractors after the March 2003 US-led invasion such as the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the 2007 incident in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed by Blackwater private security …

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US eyes cuts to Iraq embassy after troops exit
FOX2now.com
Many Iraqis have memories of abuses committed by US troops and contractors after the March 2003 US-led invasion such as the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the 2007 incident in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed by Blackwater private security …

US eyes cuts to Iraq embassy
Chinadaily USA
Many Iraqis have memories of abuses committed by US troops and contractors after the March 2003 US-led invasion such as the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the 2007 incident in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed by Blackwater private security …

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US eyes cuts to Iraq embassy after troops exit
Reuters
Many Iraqis have memories of abuses committed by US troops and contractors after the March 2003 US-led invasion such as the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the 2007 incident in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed by Blackwater private security …

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US eyes cuts to Iraq embassy after troops exit
Malaysia Star
Many Iraqis have memories of abuses committed by US troops and contractors after the March 2003 US-led invasion such as the 2004 Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the 2007 incident in which 14 Iraqi civilians were killed by Blackwater private security …

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US War on Afghanistan comes to an end
Rupee News
In their zenith in 2008, the Tereek-e-Taliban were very co-ordinated through blackwater / Xe and financed and funded by outside intelligence agencies operating from within Afghanistan. One of which was the Indian RAW that thought to recreate a …

Should Canadian soldiers be trained by private US contractors?
CBC.ca
The forces spent $2.4 million last year on training at a facility run by Xe Services – a renamed version of the embattled security contractor Blackwater – which has since changed its name to Academi. The private company claims to have assisted in more …

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Controversial contractors paid $2.4M by Canadian Forces
CBC.ca
The Canadian Forces spent $2.4 million last year on training at a facility run by Xe Services, the US private security company formerly known as Blackwater. The company and its training facility were used to teach precision shooting and defensive …

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Controversial Contractors Paid $2.4M By Canadian Forces
Huffington Post Canada
The Canadian Forces spent $2.4 million last year on training at a facility run by Xe Services, the US private security company formerly known as Blackwater. The company and its training facility were used to teach precision shooting and defensive …

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Threats Of Nuclear Sabotage Against Pakistan – Analysis
Eurasia Review
Following is the brief analysis of what Raymond Davis, DynCorp and other Blackwater private contractors have been doing in Pakistan? Blackwater Worldwide, formerly Blackwater USA, is a private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince, …

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See No Evil – OpEd
Eurasia Review
But the article, while alluding to the capture and killing of the four “contractors” (it never refers to the Blackwater employees as the mercenary soldiers they were, though the UK Independent newspaper reported that they were all veterans of US …

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US Media Iraq Reporting: See No Evil
ThisCantBeHappening!
But the article, while alluding to the capture and killing of the four “contractors” (it never refers to the Blackwater employees as the mercenary soldiers they were, though the UK Independent newspaper reported that they were all veterans of US …

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Deadly Shooting is Ninth Homicide of 2012
WREG
I'm telling you, hire Blackwater USA for 1 year. PROBLEM SOLVED! There is NO DETERENT for these animals who consistently do this (many are already on probation for other FELONIOUS crimes)!! They're bold enough to hide out, wait and shoot someone. …

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Pentagon outsources War on Drugs to Blackwater
RT
The US Department of Defense has transferred its armed efforts in Latin and Central America in the War on Drugs to Academi, the private military contractors formerly known as Blackwater, reports BBC Spanish. Before they altered their branding to be …

Pentagon outsources War on Drugs to Blackwater
RT
Before they altered their branding to be known as Xe, then most recently Academi, Blackwater underwent immense criticism for a series of scandals involving contract employees executing civilians throughout the Middle East. …

Rumor Mill Claims Monsanto Purchased Blackwater (XE) as its own Private Army
Salem-News.Com
A translation mistake started an information whiplash; the nation's most deadly company, Monsanto, is not buying XE. Blackwater (XE) and Monsanto have had their share of dealings, but XE was not purchased by Monsanto. …

The Inauguration Of Police State USA 1962
The People’s Voice
… Jurisdictional Task Force (MJTF), comprised of specially selected US military personnel (Blackwater) and foreign military units carrying United Nations ID cards. The USA Police know that Americans are reluctant to fire on their fellow citizens. …

"Friendly" US escalates attacks on Pakistan
Media Monitors Network
Davis was working for Blackwater that has since christened itself Xe Services. These bands of murderous thugs, hired by the CIA, roam freely in Pakistan killing people and if apprehended by the police, manage to get away because the US embassy is able …

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Blackwater settles lawsuit with "pay off" to victims in 2007 shooting incident!
Examiner.com
A few days later, Blackwater Worldwide's license to operate in Iraq was temporarily revoked. The US State Department has said that "innocent life was lost"while US military reports indicate Blackwater's guards “opened fire without provocation and may …

Unfairness of Binding Arbitration Highlighted in Blackwater Contractors …
InjuryBoard.com
Each of the contract employees for Blackwater, which has subsequently operated under the names Xe and Academi, did agree to such terms, and that seemingly inconsequential decision ended up leaving their survivors with too little money to even pay the …

Erik Prince's former outfit Blackwater settles lawsuit from infamous 2007 …
The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com
He sold Blackwater (then Xe Services) in 2009. In May, the New York Times reported that Prince had been hired by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to build an 800-member battalion of non-Muslim mercenaries for United Arab Emirates. …

Blackwater settles Iraq contractor death suit
ABC Online
Blackwater, which changed its name to Xe Services and then to Academi, came to symbolise the US policy of hiring private contractors to perform work previously handled by the military. The lawsuit accused the company of sending the contractors into a …

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Blackwater suit ends 7 years after Fallujah deaths
MassLive.com
20,2004 file photo, signs welcome visitors to the private North Carolina-based security company Blackwater USA's headquarters near Moyock, NC RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Days after the last US troops left Iraq, a federal appeals court ended a lawsuit over an …

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Blackwater suit ends 7 years after Fallujah deaths
MassLive.com
20,2004 file photo, signs welcome visitors to the private North Carolina-based security company Blackwater USA's headquarters near Moyock, NC RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Days after the last US troops left Iraq, a federal appeals court ended a lawsuit over an …

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Blackwater settles with victims of Nisoor Square
Charlotte Observer
But despite the US warning, "Blackwater-Xe failed to take reasonable measures to address and curtail the unlawful and reckless conduct," the suit said. Mohammed al-Kinani, the father of the 9-year-old boy, was driving in the square with his son and …

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Blackwater settles Iraq killings lawsuit
Chicago Tribune
Images of the events disturbed Americans at one of the low points for the United States during the Iraqi occupation. Blackwater, which changed its name to Xe Services and then to Academi, came to symbolize the US policy of hiring private.

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Blackwater settles Iraq killings lawsuit
Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) – The US private security company formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the families of four contractors killed in a gruesome 2004 ambush that was a defining moment of the Iraq war for the American …

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Blackwater settles Iraq killings lawsuit
Reuters India
Blackwater, which changed its name to Xe Services and then to Academi, came to symbolize the US policy of hiring private contractors to perform work previously handled by the military. The lawsuit accused the company of sending the contractors into a …

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Blackwater settles Iraq killings lawsuit
Reuters India
REUTERS- The US private security company formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the families of four contractors killed in a gruesome 2004 ambush that was a defining moment of the Iraq war for the American …

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Blackwater settles Iraq killings lawsuit
Jerusalem Post
The families reached a confidential settlement with Academi, as Blackwater is now known, agreeing to the dismissal of their case before the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit based in Richmond, Virginia. Blackwater, which changed its name to Xe …

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Past Lingers for Company Formerly Called Blackwater
Military.com
To drive the point home, last month the company unveiled its second rebranding since 2009, dumping the name Xe, successor to Blackwater, in favor of the studious-sounding Academi. The urgency of outrunning the Blackwater legacy is apparent in recent …

Two out of three Krongards continue corporate activities
Muckety
By Laurie Bennett The last time we wrote about former CIA Executive Director AB “Buzzy” Krongard was in 2007, when he quit the advisory board of Blackwater Worldwide. The resignation came after a congressional committee asked his brother, …

As soldiers leave, US diplomats face huge Iraq challenge
Reuters India
The issue is particularly fraught in Iraq, where public opinion was outraged in 2007 when five security guards employed by Blackwater Worldwide were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians at a crowded Baghdad intersection. Charles Tiefer, a former …

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As soldiers leave, US diplomats face huge Iraq challenge
Reuters
The issue is particularly fraught in Iraq, where public opinion was outraged in 2007 when five security guards employed by Blackwater Worldwide were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians at a crowded Baghdad intersection. Charles Tiefer, a former …

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As soldiers leave, US diplomats face huge Iraq challenge
Reuters India
The issue is particularly fraught in Iraq, where public opinion was outraged in 2007 when five security guards employed by Blackwater Worldwide were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians at a crowded Baghdad intersection. Charles Tiefer, a former …

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As soldiers leave, US diplomats face huge Iraq challenge
Reuters
The issue is particularly fraught in Iraq, where public opinion was outraged in 2007 when five security guards employed by Blackwater Worldwide were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians at a crowded Baghdad intersection. Charles Tiefer, a former …

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Pedagogic Military Contractors: Blackwater, the Academy and the "ιδιωτικές …
Huffington Post (blog)
Not to mention that most academics spend a good part of their career striving to achieve tenure, hence the "publish or perish" phenomenon. What does a PMC do: contract, by hook or by crook, or perish? Still, as what was Blackwater, then Xe, …

Will Blackwater Ever Do Right?
Huffington Post (blog)
It was like a meaningless coda, as the war contractors at Blackwater USA changed its name again, two weeks after delivering Katy Helvenston-Wettengel with another insult. "Child prostitution, gun-running, rendition — Blackwater has this history, …

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Still smells as sweet
The Virginian-Pilot
A former deputy and firearms instructor at Blackwater recently pleaded guilty for his role in the deal. As part of its image makeover two years ago, the company rebranded itself as Xe, pronounced "zee." (I rather liked the name; it made me think of the …

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Still smells as sweet
The Virginian-Pilot
By Daryl Lease In early 2009, you may recall, officials at the embattled military contractor – nee Blackwater Worldwide in Moyock – decided that a new moniker might help it outrun multiple rounds of bad publicity. The company's troubles, as The Pilot's …

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Breaking News and Commentary from CLG – 16 Dec 2011
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New York-based USTC Holdings, the investment group that bought ex-Blackwater firm, Xe Services, in December 2010, announced on Monday ACADEMI as the new name for Blackwater/ Xe Services, AFP reported. The deployment of ACADEMI mercenaries is likely to …

Op-Ed: Private security contractor Blackwater now known as Academi
DigitalJournal.com
On board as part of the new leadership team at Blackwater/Xe/Academi are a group of politically and financially connected do-gooders, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft (yes, he of the Bush II cabal), Jack Quinn (Danger Room calls him a …

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Blackwater Changes its Name Once Again
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
USTC Holdings, the investor group that acquired ex-Blackwater firm Xe Services in December 2010, has announced a new name. Xe will be called ACADEMI. “We have had a year of extraordinary changes that have resulted in a new, better company,” ACADEMI …

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Will Blackwater Ever Do Right?
AlterNet (blog)
It's was like a meaningless coda, as the war contractors at Blackwater USA changed its name again, two weeks after delivering Katy Helvenston-Wettengel with another insult. “Child prostitution, gun-running, rendition– Blackwater has this history, …

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Bring 'Em Home! Obama Marking End Of Iraq War
News One
The deployment of ACADEMI mercenaries is likely to cause outrage in Iraq where its predecessor Blackwater Worldwide mercenaries could kill civilians with impunity during their time in Iraq. Iraqis will also take it as America's unwillingness to end the …

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Will Blackwater Ever Do Right?
AlterNet (blog)
It's was like a meaningless coda, as the war contractors at Blackwater USA changed its name again, two weeks after delivering Katy Helvenston-Wettengel with another insult. “Child prostitution, gun-running, rendition– Blackwater has this history, …

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Bring 'Em Home! Obama Marking End Of Iraq War
News One
(Syria's border) The US security firm formerly known as Blackwater, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, has renamed itself a second time. USTC Holdings, the investor consortium that acquired ex-Blackwater firm Xe Services in …

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Will Blackwater Ever Do Right?
AlterNet (blog)
Blackwater's moral culpability in the death of Scott Helvenston is a story well documented. But the company, which changed its name from Xe Services to Academi, is attempting to punctuate its legal battle against Helvenston-Wettengel with a dictatorial …

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No credence in Blackwater revival
RT
You can call this company anything that you like, whether it is Blackwater, whether it is Xe, whether it is Academi, whether it is John Smith, it does not make any difference if there is a lot of money and there are connections, there are opportunities …

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Bring 'Em Home! Obama Marking End Of Iraq War
News One
(Syria's border) The US security firm formerly known as Blackwater, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, has renamed itself a second time. USTC Holdings, the investor consortium that acquired ex-Blackwater firm Xe Services in …

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Blackwater and co Iraq data-dump: mercenaries shot a judge with impunity, used …
Boing Boing
Blackwater subsequently rebranded itself as "Xe," and has just changed its name to Academi, and is still seeking lucrative government contracts. I reviewed Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army in 2007, and it remains an …

Pak must stand firm against US pressure
Pakistan Observer
The four airbases handed over by Musharraf regime to the US air force were used for carrying out overt and covert operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan . Shamsi airbase was used for employment of drones, where Blackwater elements were employed as …

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Renamed Blackwater/Xe mercs returning to Iraq
Tehran Times
The deployment of ACADEMI mercenaries is likely to cause outrage in Iraq, where its predecessor Blackwater Worldwide was allowed to kill civilians with impunity during their time in the country.

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'Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge' and Other Tales of Blackwater's Rampage Through Iraq
Gawker
While firms like DynCorp and Triple Canopy make frequent appearances, the reports are dominated by Blackwater, which was paid roughly $1 billion between 2004 and 2009 to provide "worldwide protective services" for State Department personnel. …

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Xe Services, nee Blackwater, changes name
UPI.com
USTC holdings, an investor consortium, acquired Xe Services, which was previously known as Blackwater USA, and subsidiary US Training Center Inc., last December and formed a new board of directors to set strategic growth and operational direction. …

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Another name change for former Blackwater firm
BusinessWeek
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Blackwater changes name for second time
DAWN.com
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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'Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge' and Other Tales of Blackwater's Rampage Through Iraq
Gawker
USA Today has previously reported the incident and lack of disciplinary action. On July 16, 2007, a DynCorp (not Blackwater, but still) convoy traveling near Erbil fired five shots at a red Isuzu because it was driving "at a fast pace" toward the …

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Xe Services, nee Blackwater, changes name
UPI.com
Rather, it is a reflection of the changes we have made while retaining those elements that made us who we are today — the best in our industry." USTC holdings, an investor consortium, acquired Xe Services, which was previously known as Blackwater USA, …

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Blackwater, Xe, Academi – Whats In A Name?
Blogger News Network (blog)
While it is difficult to get information on Blackwater, Xe, or Academi it seems that they are managing to keep the wolf from the door. While not welcome in Iraq, there are some rumors that have managed to snag a $250 million dollar deal in Afghanistan. …

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Renamed Blackwater/Xe mercs returning to Iraq
Tehran Times
New York-based USTC Holdings, the investment group that bought Xe Services, which was formerly known as Blackwater, in December 2010, announced on Monday that the firm had been renamed ACADEMI, AFP reported. On the same day, US President Barack Obama …

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Blackwater attempts to whitewash its reputation
RT
On Monday the company previously known as Blackwater and then Xe Services announced that from now on it will go under the name of Academi. “The name Academi was selected to better communicate the new company's focus on future growth,” the company …

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Immunity a 'sticking point' for US mercenaries in Iraq
Press TV
In an attempt to revamp its tarnished image, the notorious mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater Inc. has changed its name for the second time in less than three years. It had changed its name to Xe Services, the name has been changed again to …

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Black Water introduced with new name of Academi
South Asian News Agency
WASHINGTON, (SANA): The US security firm formerly known as Black Water, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, renamed itself a second time. USTC Holdings, the investor consortium that acquired ex-Black Water firm XE Services in …

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Company formerly known as Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, changes names again
FCW.com (blog)
Maybe the name Xe Services LLC didn't just didn't catch on the way the company wanted or perhaps Blackwater was just the stronger brand — albeit best known for high-profile scandals in the Iraq war. Either way, the security services contractor is …

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'Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge' and Other Tales of Blackwater's Rampage Through Iraq
Gawker
Blackwater, the private mercenary firm that became synonymous with Bush-era war profiteering and reckless combat-tourism, announced yesterday that it has changed its name to Academi (after a previous incarnation as Xe Services) in a bid to distance …

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Blackwater mercenaries aim to return to Iraq under a new name
Press TV
Trying to escape association with such past incidents as the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, wherein Blackwater soldiers killed 17 Iraqi civilians, Blackwater Inc. had changed its name to Xe Services. Now, engaged in yet another re-branding attempt, …

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Xe Services, nee Blackwater, changes name
UPI.com
USTC holdings, an investor consortium, acquired Xe Services, which was previously known as Blackwater USA, and subsidiary US Training Center Inc., last December and formed a new board of directors to set strategic growth and operational direction. …

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Blackwater Whitewashing Reputation: Changes Name Again, Now Academi
Eurasia Review
A notorious US private security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has once again changed its name and is claiming that the changes run deeper than just the name and logo. On Monday the company previously known as Blackwater and then Xe Services …

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US mercenaries in Iraq under new brand
Press TV
The deployment of ACADEMI mercenaries is likely to cause outrage in Iraq where its predecessor Blackwater Worldwide mercenaries could kill civilians with impunity during their time in Iraq. Iraqis will also take it as the US's unwillingness to end the …

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Another name change for former Blackwater firm
CanadianBusiness.com
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Another name change for former Blackwater firm
CanadianBusiness.com
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Former Blackwater security firm changes name again, from Xe to Academi, as …
Washington Post
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Another Name Change for Former Blackwater Firm
ABC News
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Another name change for former Blackwater firm
Boston.com
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Another name change for former Blackwater firm
Seattle Post Intelligencer
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Another name change for former Blackwater firm
MiamiHerald.com
One aspect of Blackwater's legacy that Wright hopes to preserve and promote: its record of conducting more than 60000 protective security missions worldwide in the past seven years without having a single person under its protection being lost or …

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Blackwater, Er, We Mean Xe, Changes Name Again, to Academi
Newser
It was stripped of that license following a 2007 Baghdad shootout that left 17 civilians dead. Erik Prince, founder and CEO of the company then called Blackwater Worldwide speaks at the company's offices in Moyock, NC, in this July 2008 file photo. …

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Former Blackwater has new name again
WAVY-TV
ACADEMI, whose headquarters was relocated to Arlington, Va. in July, provides training and security services on worldwide operations in support of the US government and other customers. Opinions that are derogatory, attack other users or are offensive …

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US in Iraq: Soldiers out; Blackwater in?
RT
Wright has recently come on board as CEO of Academi, a new name that the former execs at Blackwater have applied to the security squad in hopes of rebranding their organization after a decade of bad press and poor results. …

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Blackwater Renames Itself, And Wants to Go Back to Iraq
ABC News
Blackwater changed its name to Xe Services in early 2009, and also had a number of subsidiary and affiliate companies that did business under other names. Wright said that all branches would now operate under the new name. "We have simplified our legal …

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US mercenaries in Iraq under new brand
Press TV
New York-based USTC Holdings, the investment group that bought ex-Blackwater firm, Xe Services, in December 2010, announced on Monday ACADEMI as the new name for Blackwater/ Xe Services, AFP reported. The development came as US President Barack Obama …

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Former Blackwater again changes name as ACADEMI
News Tribe
USTC Holdings, the investor consortium that acquired ex-Blackwater, Xe Services in December 2010, announced ACADEMI as the new name and brand for Xe Services, the AFP news agency reported. “We have had a year of extraordinary changes that have resulted …

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The Security Contractor Formerly Known As Blackwater Changes Its Name Again
Business Insider
First known as Blackwater, the security contractor changed its name to Xe about three years ago to distance itself from all the negative publicity it received. Now it's chosen a new name that's a bit easier to pronounce and identify: Academi. …

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First on CNN: Blackwater gets an even bigger makeover
CNN (blog)
Prince tried changing the Blackwater name to Xe, before selling it late last year to the group of investors led by Jason DeYonker, a managing partner at Forte Capital Advisors, and Dean Bosacki, managing partner of Manhattan Partners. …

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US in Iraq: Soldiers out; Blackwater in?
RT
In 2009, they changed the name from Blackwater to Xe Services LLC, and with their latest announcement, are rebranding once again in order to save face. “Our focus is on training and security services. We're continuing that,” CEO Wright tells …

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Former Blackwater security firm changes name again
msnbc.com
Xe Services, which until March 2009 had been Blackwater, is now Academi — a name chosen, the firm says, to reflect Plato's institution for developing warriors and thinkers. "We have had a year of extraordinary changes that have resulted in a new, …

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US Mercenaries Aim to March Back into Iraq
Antiwar.com
Trying to escape association with such past incidents as the 2007 Nisour Square massacre, wherein Blackwater soldiers killed 17 Iraqi civilians, Blackwater Inc. had changed its name to Xe Services. Now, engaged in yet another re-branding attempt, …

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First Blackwater, then Xe, now company is Academi
The Virginian-Pilot
The company once known as Blackwater, then as Xe, renamed itself again on Dec. 12, 2011. Its new moniker: ACADEMI. (Courtesy photo) By Bill Sizemore The company once known as Blackwater, then as Xe, renamed itself again Monday. Its new moniker: Academi …

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Blackwater firm changes name
BigPond News
The US security firm formerly known as Blackwater, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, has renamed itself a second time. USTC Holdings, the investor consortium that acquired ex-Blackwater firm Xe Services in December 2010, …

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Blackwater gets an even bigger makeover
CNN (blog)
Prince tried changing the Blackwater name to Xe, before selling it late last year to the group of investors led by Jason DeYonker, a managing partner at Forte Capital Advisors, and Dean Bosacki, managing partner of Manhattan Partners. …

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Company Once Known as Blackwater Ditches Xe for Yet Another New Name
Wall Street Journal
Despite new ownership, a new board and new management, security contractor Xe Services LLC could never shake a troublesome nickname: the company formerly known as Blackwater. Now, it's the company formerly known as Xe. …

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And now for something completely predictable: war with Iran
Brisbane Times
The US, under George W. Bush, decided to privatise the invasion of Iraq by employing ''contractors'' such as the Blackwater company, now renamed Xe Services. In 2003 Blackwater won a $US27 million no-bid contract for guarding Paul Bremer, …

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And now for something completely predictable: war with Iran
Sydney Morning Herald
The US, under George W. Bush, decided to privatise the invasion of Iraq by employing ''contractors'' such as the Blackwater company, now renamed Xe Services. In 2003 Blackwater won a $US27 million no-bid contract for guarding Paul Bremer, …

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War drums are beating for Iran. But who's playing them?
The Guardian
The US, under George W Bush, decided to privatise the invasion of Iraq by employing private "contractors" like the Blackwater company, now renamed Xe Services. In 2003 Blackwater won a $27m no-bid contract for guarding Paul Bremer, then head of the …

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Gratuitous attack by NATO will prove costly for USA
PakTribune.com
This facility was misused from 2006 onwards and drones were armed and Blackwater elements inducted as missile loaders. These bases also became dens for CIA to destabilize Balochistan and to trigger Baloch separatist movement. …

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Gratuitous attack by NATO will prove costly for USA
PakTribune.com
This facility was misused from 2006 onwards and drones were armed and Blackwater elements inducted as missile loaders. These bases also became dens for CIA to destabilize Balochistan and to trigger Baloch separatist movement. …

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Blackwater Game Gets Criticism, Reacts With Hostility, Still Very Much A …
Just Push Start
Makes sense, the game is a fairly self-stroking one, doesn't cast the company of Blackwater in any sort of negative light, and said it was horrible that they'd release something like this. Blackwater (Or Xe as they are now called) were not amused by …

Gratuitous attack by NATO will prove costly for USA
Asian Tribune
This facility was misused from 2006 onwards and drones were armed and Blackwater elements inducted as missile loaders. These bases also became dens for CIA to destabilize Balochistan and to trigger Baloch separatist movement. …

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