The families of four US citizens violently killed in Iraq in 2004 settle a long-running lawsuit with Blackwater, the US security firm that hired them.
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The families of four US citizens violently killed in Iraq in 2004 settle a long-running lawsuit with Blackwater, the US security firm that hired them.
On the muddy edge of the Wicomico River, where tall grass hides all sorts of vermin, Stephen Kendrot and his patrol of federal wildlife biologists tracked the dirty rat that’s destroying precious Chesapeake Bay marsh. A near-decade-long federal and state effort to get rid of nutria, or swamp rats, killed 13,000 of the giant rodents but failed to eradicate them from the Delmarva Peninsula . So Kendrot and his team at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge got strict final orders last week: Find the last survivors. Kill them all. And when it looks like they’re gone, go back and make sure. Read full article > >
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In Maryland, a renewed effort to eradicate swamp rats from the Delmarva Peninsula
Erik Prince is back in business. The billionaire founder of mercenary group Blackwater Worldwide is helping set up a special forces battalion in the United Arab Emirates, where he resettled recently as his company faced mounting legal challenges in the…
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Blackwater Founder Training UAE Battalion
Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater Worldwide, has been hired to assemble a force of foreign troops in the United Arab Emirates, according to a variety of sources.
Not everyone loves John Ashcroft, but it’s fair to say that his reputation is better than Xe Services, the military contracting firm formerly known as Blackwater. The former Bush attorney general will bring his comparatively spotless record to the…
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Ashcroft to Head Ethics at Blackwater
MOYOCK, N.C. — Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is joining the security firm once known as Blackwater. Investment group USTC Holdings, LLC, said Wednesday that Ashcroft is serving as an independent director for Moyock, N.C.-based Xe (ZEE) Services. The director positions were created in December when USTC purchased Xe. The private company became famous as Blackwater, which provided guards and services to the U.S. government in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Read full article > >
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Former US Attorney General John Ashcroft joining security company once known as Blackwater
Somalia said Sunday that it would most likely sever its relationship with Saracen International, a private security company in which South African mercenaries and the founder of Blackwater are said to be involved.
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Somalia May Cut Ties to Mercenary Firm
A war-ravaged and lawless country? Blackwater founder Eric Prince smells a business opportunity. Prince is reportedly secretly pushing controversial South African mercenary firm Saracen International to join Somalia’s civil war. Saracen appears to be…
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Blackwater Founder Eyeing Somalia
Blackwater changed its name to Xe, and now it’s hoping a change of hands might help the company’s image: Erik Prince, head of the defense contractor, is working on a deal to sell the company to a small group of Los Angeles investors. Xe has faced an…
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Erik Prince Selling Blackwater
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Solutions: Making Government Work
Does this mean Blackwater can get a foot back in the door? International aid groups may get an exemption from Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s ban on private security firms. Kabul has insisted the private firms undermine the Afghan army and police…
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Karzai May Allow Private Security
Maybe we need Blackwater after all: The Washington Post reports that American development firms are beginning to shut down their development projects in Afghanistan because the government there refuses to lift a ban on private security guards. Hundreds…
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U.S. Firms to End Afghan Projects
It looks like Blackwater guards won’t get their day in court after all. Efforts to prosecute the personnel of Blackwater, now known as Xe Services, of murder and other violent crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan are falling apart, apparently due to legal…
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Blackwater Cases Collapse
It looks like Blackwater has its candidate: Private security guards for Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller arrested the editor of the Alaska Dispatch at a public event on Sunday-that is, until the real police came and told Miller’s guards they had…
In Maryland, a renewed effort to eradicate swamp rats from the Delmarva Peninsula
Saturday, October 29th, 2011Former US Attorney General John Ashcroft joining security company once known as Blackwater
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