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Welcome to Blackwater USA
2007-11-27 17:05:00 You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video According to their website Blackwater has trained, or hosted the training, of over 50,000 Law Enforcement, Military and civilian personnel. The video appeared to be pretty comprehensive but a scan of the course catalog will really give you a feel for the scope of ...
By: TexasFred's
Blackwater USA Building Tent City For Wildfire Victims
2007-11-05 20:35:00 Blackwater USA’s “Rapid Response Team” is building a tent city for those who lost their homes near San Diego in the devastating wildfires. Trucks carrying makeshift quarters for up to 200 people, with tents, cots, toilets, showers, power generators, laundry facilities and a community room with TV, are scheduled to arrive today. Blackwater officials said they are ...
By: The Hot Joints
Blackwater USA
2007-10-03 19:59:00 Blackwater USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blackwater USA is a private military company, security firm and mercenary company, [1][2][3][4][5] founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. It is based in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where it operates a tactical training facility that it claims is the world's largest.The company trains more than 40,000 people a year, from all the military services and a variety of other agencies. The company markets itself as being "The most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world".Blackwater is currently the biggest of the US State Department's three private security contractors.[6] At least 90% of its revenue comes from government contracts, two-thirds of which are no-bid contracts.[7] Operatives of Blackwater Security Consulting have raised significant controversy both through casualties suffered[8] and inflicted by their employees.[9]Corporate struc...
Blackwater USA Warned In May To Be Careful
2007-09-23 18:36:00 In May of this year, Blackwater USA was one of two hundred private security firms in Iran that were warned to be on guard against getting involved with a shoot out with Iraq forces. Lawrence Peter of the Private Security Service(PSC) sent a confidential memo to other security companies to be on guard against inappropriate ...
Blackwater USA Warned In May To Be Careful
2007-09-23 18:36:00 In May of this year, Blackwater USA was one of two hundred private security firms in Iran that were warned to be on guard against getting involved with a shoot out with Iraq forces. Lawrence Peter of the Private Security Service(PSC) sent a confidential memo to other security companies to be on guard against inappropriate ...
Iraq Prime Minister: Blackwater USA Are Criminals To Be Put On Trial For Mu
2007-09-23 18:35:00 Privatize the U.S. military and you get what you get… Security Company Faces Iraqi Criminal Charges By JAMES GLANZ and SABRINA TAVERNISE BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 — The Iraqi government said Saturday that it expects to refer criminal charges to its courts within days in connection with a shooting here by a private American security company, and the Interior ...
Do you work for Blackwater USA?
2007-09-17 17:08:00 The BBC has the story about Blackwater USA getting the boot from Iraq after “it was involved in a gunfight in which at least eight civilians died.” A further 13 were wounded. The story is here: Iraq shootout firm loses licence. Interestingly, the BBC, which has the most sophisticated online presence of all major media, and ...
By: Carson's Post
Blackwater USA Takes Congressional Hot-Seat as Landmark Hearing Probes Merc
2007-02-08 21:03:01 DemocracyNow! The private security company Blackwater admitted on Tuesday for the first time that one of its employees shot and killed an Iraqi guard inside the Green Zone in December. The disclosure came during a landmark hearing on the role of private contractors in Iraq. Among those to testify was Katy Helvenston. Her son Scott was one of the four Blackwater employees killed in Fallujah in 2004. Katy Helvenston joins us to talk about why she wants Blackwater held accountable for her son?s death. We?re also joined by Jeremy Scahill, author of the forthcoming book ?Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.? The private security company Blackwater admitted on Tuesday for the first time that one of its employees shot and killed an Iraqi guard inside the Green Zone in December. Blackwater removed its worker from Iraq on the next day before criminal charges could be filed. The case raises new questions about whether contractors can be held legally accoun...
By: Current Era Blog
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