Contractors involved in shooting are virtual prisoners, attorney says Story Highlights : Four former contractors held in a safe house in a mosque, attorney says Paravant says former employees told not to leave country without U.S. approval Sources say Paravant linked to firm with same owner as Blackwater At least two Afghans wounded in shooting after car accident (CNN) -- Four ...
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The Private Contracting Surge Into Afghanistan Posted By Kelley B. Vlahos On May 13, 2009 @ 9:00 pm Conveniently short on real details perhaps deliberately so the Obama administrations new war strategy for Afghanistan has yet to acknowledge the huge footprint the United States will have on that country in another years time. One thing is becoming clear, though: it will be a ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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U.S. military probes Blackwater Kabul killing By Peter Graff http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2009/05/17/AR2009051700107.html Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:09 AM KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military is investigating a shooting incident in which four contractors from the re-named firm formerly called Blackwater are accused of killing an Afghan man after a traffic ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Published on Monday, May 18, 2009 by the Wall Street Journal Killed Civilians Bring More Controversy for Blackwater US Contractors Fired at Kabul Car by August Cole Four U.S. contractors affiliated with the company formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide fired on an approaching civilian vehicle in Kabul this month, wounding at least two Afghan civilians, according to the company ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why is Xe/Blackwater Still in Afghanistan? May 19, 2009, 1:02PM http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/as tral66/2009/05/why-is-xeblackwater-still-in-a.php? ref=reccafe How is it with all of the incidents involving employees of Xe/Blackwater shooting civilians, that this company still receives its millions of dollars and is allowed to continue causing more harm than good? ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Blackwater guards shoot civilians in Afghanistan by Ed Brayton http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m54383&hd=&size=1&l=e May 18, 2099 Four guards employed by Blackwater (now renamed Xe), a company founded by Michigan native Erik Prince, have sparked yet another international incident by opening fire on a vehicle full of Afghani civilians after a car accident in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Wall...
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bigron replied 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Published on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by the Wall Street Journal Two Blackwater-Affiliated Contractors Flee Afghanistan by August Cole Two of the four Blackwater-affiliated contractors involved in a civilian shooting incident in Kabul earlier this month have fled to the U.S. in order to avoid possible prosecution from Afghan authorities, according to their attorney. The four men ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Obama's War: Drunk, Bored Trigger Happy Mercenaries Kill Afghan Civilians Jeremy Scahill http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m54479&hd=&size=1&l=e Blessed with immunity from the laws of any nation and a new company name mercenaries for the company formerly known as Blackwater are still hard at work, doing what mercenaries do.. getting paid, while corporate ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Contractors in fatal shooting say they're scapegoats Story Highlights : Security contractors involved in Afghan shooting deny they'd been drinking Men claim ex-employer wants to make them scapegoats to save contract May 5 incident began with auto collision; men say vehicle then aimed for them Xe spokeswoman denies company pressured men to admit drinking From Mike Mount CNN ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 1 week ago
Obama Has 250,000 'Contractors' Deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and is Increasing the Use of Mercenaries Newly released Pentagon statistics show that in both Iraq and Afghanistan the number of armed contractors is rising. By Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports Posted on June 1, 2009, Printed on June 2, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://rebelrepor ts.com//140378/ A couple ...
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bigron replied 6 months, 1 week ago
UPDATE: Blackwater Denies Destroying Evidence In Case Of Three Iraqis Killed By Guards Huffington Post | Cara Parks First Posted: 06- 3-09 07:26 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/03/blackwate r-sued-for-war-c_n_211139.html UPDATED: Xe spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell emailed The Huffington Post to respond: "Xe has strong internal and external document preservation controls...
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