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  • June 2008

    • US Firm Calls for Islamic Law in Lawsuit

      News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Jun 19, 08 7:51 AM CDT

      US Firm Calls for Islamic Law in Lawsuit

      (Newser) - An American firm blamed for the death of three US soldiers in a plane crash has asked a federal court to apply Islamic law to a lawsuit brought by their widows, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. Presidential Airways, Blackwater's sister company, argues that since its plane crashed in Afghanistan, the case should be heard under Sharia law—which would dismiss the claims. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Blackwater  • court cases  • Sharia law  • Erik Prince  • Islamic law

  • October 2007

    • Embattled Blackwater Maneuvering to Expand Role

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 15, 07 3:05 AM CDT

      Embattled Blackwater Maneuvering to Expand Role

      (Newser) - Blackwater, the private security firm under fire for controversial shootings in Iraq, is preparing expansion plans to develop a bigger role as an arm of the US military. Company founder Erik Prince wants to make Blackwater a one-stop shop for all kinds of operations to which Washington won't commit US forces, reports the Wall Street Journal.  More »

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      Iraq  • Robert Gates  • Blackwater  • drug trafficking  • Erik Prince  • Raytheon  • Northrop Grumman Corp  • David Price

    • How Blackwater Came to Be

      Washington Post  |  Oct 13, 07 1:49 PM CDT

      How Blackwater Came to Be

      (Newser) - Erik Prince, the politically savvy CEO of Blackwater USA, took advantage of a confluence of events—a rise in terrorism coupled with military cutbacks and an administration committed to outsourcing—to create one of the fastest-growing US contractors of the past decade. The Washington Post investigates the extraordinary rise of the private security firm that sees itself as a "free market version" of the armed services. More »

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      September 11  • Blackwater  • contractors  • Erik Prince

    • Iraqis Vow to Prosecute Blackwater

      Reuters  |  Oct 8, 07 1:19 AM CDT

      Iraqis Vow to Prosecute Blackwater

      (Newser) - A spokesman for the Iraqi government continued to escalate the rhetoric on the Blackwater shootings yesterday, charging that security guards "deliberately killed" 17 Iraqi civilians in last month's massacre in Baghdad. Ali al-Dabbagh said the Iraqis intend to take legal action, despite a US ruling in 2004 that the firms are immune from Iraqi law.  More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Blackwater  • Erik Prince  • Ali al Dabbagh

    • Maliki Again Takes Aim at Blackwater

      Reuters  |  Oct 3, 07 1:05 PM CDT

      Maliki Again Takes Aim at Blackwater

      (Newser) - Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki has stepped back into the Blackwater fray today, saying the influx of accusations against the security contractor “do not make it valid to stay in Iraq.” One day after Blackwater's CEO appeared before a Congressional committee, Maliki signaled he wouldn't sitting on his hands while the US investigates fatal incidents involving the firm, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Condoleezza Rice  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Blackwater  • Erik Prince

    • CEO Defends Blackwater

      New York Times  |  Oct 2, 07 5:25 PM CDT

      CEO Defends Blackwater

      (Newser) - Blackwater USA's CEO testified before Congress today that his company was misjudged by an oversight committee that determined Blackwater employees show a pattern of reckless civilian shootings. Erik Prince maintained his personnel reacted normally to "a complex war zone" on Sept. 16 when they were involved in an incident that left at least eight civilians dead, the Times reports. More »

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      Blackwater  • Erik Prince

    • Blackwater CEO Thick as Thieves With Bush, Christian Right

      Salon  |  Oct 2, 07 2:20 PM CDT

      Blackwater CEO Thick as Thieves With Bush, Christian Right

      (Newser) - The CEO of embattled Blackwater USA has deep ties to the GOP and the religious right, beginning with a college internship in the first Bush White House. Erik Prince’s security firm's federal contracts have grown from under $1 million in 2001 to over $1 billion today, and he's made personal donations of $300,000 to Republicans and their causes, Salon reports. More »

    • 195 Blackwater Shootings Bared

      CNN  |  Oct 2, 07 6:44 AM CDT

      195 Blackwater Shootings Bared

      (Newser) - Private security firm Blackwater USA has been involved in shooting incidents nearly every week since 2005, according to an investigation by the Democratic congressional staff. While Blackwater is contracted to use force only defensively, company guards used force at least 195 times, firing first 80% of the time, the report found. In at least two cases, the firm paid money to victims' relatives to cover up shooting deaths. More »

  • September 2007

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