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24 Oct, 2007 4:26 pm
In a complaint entitled "Contract Killing My Life," the JLR takes on Blackwater USA and others. The
text of the complaint: Jonathan Lee Riches©, Plaintiff v. Blackwater USA; Blackwater Security Consulting Inc.; Blackwater Lodge and Training Center Inc.; Erik Prince d/b/a Blackwater Fonder; The Prince Group; Halliburton Inc.; Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc "KBR"; L-3 [...]
2 Oct, 2007 11:04 am
The New York Times --and now Congress -- continue to pound away at Blackwater USA, the security firm
hired by the State Department whose employees are accused of firing their weapons from ... and will further hurt America's reputation around the world. What makes it worse, though, is
that Blackwater paid off victims' families and the State Department even signed off on those payments. It's clear that Blackwater USA acted more like a bunch of Rambos than a sophisticated security force. Experts often ...
24 Sep, 2007 11:36 am
On September 16, 2007, the U.S. military contractor Blackwater USA was involved in a shooting that
left at least eight Iraqi civilians dead. This wasn't the first time Blackwater was involved in civilian casualties in ... , with six Iraqis
being killed by military contractors. How many incidents of civilian casualties are attributable to military contractors like Blackwater? It's
unclear. How many such contractors operate in Iraq? This too, is unclear, with some news sources estimating 20,000 to 30, ...
19 Sep, 2007 11:38 am
The legal status in Iraq of security firms such as Blackwater is an interesting question. The laws of the US probably don't apply, since they
are not members of the military military laws don't apply and due to Order #17 of the Coalition Provision Authority they are immune from the Iraqi legal process: Unless provided
otherwise herein, the MNF, the CPA, Foreign Liaison Missions, their Personnel, property, funds and assets, and all International Consultants shall be immune from Iraqi legal ...
25 Oct, 2007 11:48 am
... Letter Provides Information Suggesting that Blackwater May Have Engaged in Significant Tax Evasion Download file Statement from
Blackwater USA in Response to a Letter by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Harry Waxman
(PDF 40 KB) Statement ... House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (PDF 292 KB) Letter Requests Information on an Incident Where Blackwater Personnel Killed a Security Guard for the Vice President of Iraq Download file Memorandum to Members of the House ...
25 Oct, 2007 11:48 am
... Letter Provides Information Suggesting that Blackwater May Have Engaged in Significant Tax Evasion Download file Statement from
Blackwater USA in Response to a Letter by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Harry Waxman
(PDF 40 KB) Statement ... House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (PDF 292 KB) Letter Requests Information on an Incident Where Blackwater Personnel Killed a Security Guard for the Vice President of Iraq Download file Memorandum to Members of the House ...
12 Oct, 2007 4:11 am
... ." The specific violations of international law alleged here are "extrajudicial killings" and "war crimes." I have an email into Blackwater
USA seeking comment; I'll post response when received. Though the claim is not critical to the case, the suit alleges, among other things, that
contracts between the government and Blackwater are prohibited by the Anti-Pinkerton Act, an 1893 law the bars the federal government from
contracting with people employed by "the Pinkerton ...
21 Jan, 2007 4:16 pm
... , having failed so far in its ongoing efforts to have the lawsuit dismissed. Arbitration is necessary "in order to safeguard both (Blackwater's) own confidential information as well as sensitive information implicating the interest of the United States at war," attorneys for
Blackwater Security Consulting, a unit of Moyock-based Blackwater USA, wrote in a petition filed December 20. Dan Callahan, a California-based attorney representing the ...
26 Sep, 2007 3:34 am
... to the airport. They have killed scores of Iraqis, and frightened even westerners with their cowboy on helicopter tactics. Blackwater and
the other contractors have in effect created private armies or mercenaries. Congress has ordered that the Blackwater ... enemy, because they
are not soldiers. The dangers of using a private army are clear. Employees of various companies, including Blackwater, USA, have been charged to senseless killings, reckless killings, and just plain cold blooded killings. I ...
30 Oct, 2007 3:48 pm
... by jerky, trigger-happy irregular forces that work for private contract companies. Outsourced sentinels who work for such companies as Blackwater USA have taken it upon themselves to add to the daily complement of casualties, of which seventeen were
added to in ... (U.S., Britain, Australia), and they kill with the know-how gathered from the services of those respective forces. Blackwater
tends to have an appetite for former navy SEALs and the Rangers. These mercenaries turn the spotlight back on ...
9 Oct, 2007 11:58 am
... The ensuing controversy would preoccupy the White House and damage relations between the two countries. So what happened when a Blackwater
USA security guard fatally shot a bodyguard of Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi? The Blackwater
man, ... ." Is this for real or just another Bushian orchestration to permit the Iraqis to vent their frustration over Blackwater's criminal
activities? The privatization of security in Iraq and domestically represents an extremely dangerous threat to law and order ...
11 Oct, 2007 9:27 am
... on Sept. 16. The case is Estate of Himoud Saed Atban, et al. v. Blackwater USA, et al. (C.A. No.
07-1831.) A copy of the complaint is here(pdf ... Saed Atban, Usama Fadhil Abbass, and Oday Ismail Ibraheem - the lawsuit alleges that Blackwater and its affiliated companies violated U.S. law and "created and ... the company's financial interests at the expense of innocent human life." The
complaint alleges that Blackwater violated the federal Alien Tort Statute in committing extrajudicial killing and war ...
1 Oct, 2007 8:44 pm
... , CBS and The InsiderExclusive TV Show with Steve Murphy. is an impressive leader. Mr. Spence is currently investigating how Blackwater
USA is an out-of-control outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties, according to a critical report released Monday by a ... an Iraqi man
and the company paid, with State Department approval, the families of others inadvertently killed by its guards. Blackwater has had to fire
dozens of guards over the past three years for problems ranging from misuse of weapons ...
17 Oct, 2007 5:25 pm
According to CNN, Iraq's prime minister wants Blackwater out of Iraq. This insistence comes on the heals of a number or problems with
Blackwater USA, including an investigation that concluded Blackwater guards shot Iraqi civilians without provocation. This will result in a a difficult negotiation between the U.S. Department of State and the [...]
31 Aug, 2007 12:53 am
From the Virginian-Pilot, a story about a settlement of Blackwater USA's trade secrets case against a
former employee who was a cost analyst for the security firm. All civil and criminal charges have been dropped and the settlement is confidential. Blackwater had fired the analyst, Curtis Smith, and brought suit against him in Superior Court in Virginia. The company claimed that he gave confidential
pricing models to Covenant ...
10 Jan, 2008 6:37 pm
US District Court Judge Louise Wood Flanagan of the Eastern District of North Carolina sentenced two former Blackwater USA employees to three years probation for possession of stolen firearms in exchange for their continued cooperation with a Justice Department investigation
into whether the private security firm was smuggling weapons into Iraq. read more | digg story
20 Sep, 2007 2:10 pm
[JURIST] Private security contractors operating in Iraq work largely above the law due to legal loopholes, according to a Thursday New York Times report [text] on the aftermath of
Sunday's shooting death of at least eight Iraqi civilians at the hands of private security contractor Blackwater USA [corporate website]. The Iraqi Interior Ministry withdrew Blackwater's operating license [AP report]
29 Oct, 2007 6:00 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of State [official website] has sheltered bodyguards working for private security firm Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news archive] from prosecution related to a September shooting incident [JURIST report] in Baghdad, according to AP on Monday.
The guards, who allegedly fired on civilians, killing 17 and prompting the Iraqi government to withdraw Blackwater's
14 Oct, 2007 1:03 pm
[JURIST] Erik Prince, founder and owner of private security firm Blackwater USA [corporate website;
JURIST news archive], said Sunday that his company welcomes the ongoing US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation [JURIST report] into the killing of 17 Iraqis last month
by a Blackwater security detail. In an interview with 60 Minutes [CBS report], Prince said that he has not seen
8 Oct, 2007 12:02 am
[JURIST] Blackwater USA [corporate website] private security guards deliberately shot Iraqi civilians
during a September shooting incident [JURIST report], a spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Sunday after the Iraqi government concluded an investigation [JURIST
report] into the shooting. The investigation found no evidence that the Blackwater guards had been attacked or
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