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Iraqis speak of random killings committed by Blackwater:

Guards employed by Blackwater, the US security company, shot Iraqis and killed victims in allegedly unprovoked and random attacks, it was claimed yesterday. Ref. Source 8

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Ex-employees claim Blackwater pimped out young Iraqi girls:

From the employees' sworn declarations - Blackwater was guilty of using child prostitutes at its compound in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone and that owner Erik Prince knew of this activity and did nothing to stop it. Ref. Source 5

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Does anyone know if the past contracts of Blackwater security personnel for Iraq is available online to read?

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Blackwater 'hired for CIA plot'

The CIA hired US private security firm Blackwater to help track and kill senior al-Qaeda figures, the New York Times reports. Ref. Source 1

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Xe or Blackwater, U.S. Still paying them

WASHINGTON - Despite publicly breaking with an American private security firm in Iraq, the State Department continues to award the company, formerly known as Blackwater, more than $400 million in contracts to fly its diplomats around Iraq, guard them in Afghanistan, and train security forces in North Carolina. Ref. Source 5

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Judge Rejects Blackwater Attempt to Dismiss Cases Filed by Iraqi Victims

A federal judge has rejected a series of arguments by lawyers for the private military contractor Blackwater who were seeking to dismiss five war crimes cases brought by Iraqi victims against the company and its owner, Erik Prince. We speak to award-winning investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent, Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Ref. Source 1

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Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program

In an explosive new article in The Nation magazine, investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reveals the private military firm Blackwater is part of a covert program in Pakistan that includes planning the assassination and kidnapping of Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects. Blackwater is also said to be involved in a previously undisclosed U.S. Military drone campaign that has killed scores of people inside Pakistan. The article says the program has become so secretive that top Obama administration and military officials have likely been unaware of its existence. In a Democracy Now! exclusive, Scahill joins us for his first interview since the story broke. Ref. Source 8

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'Blackwater' men nabbed, released:

Security agencies arrested four suspected members of notorious Blackwater agency while they were trying to force their entry into the Cantonment Area here on Tuesday evening, sources informed. However, they were released two hours later on the intervention of the US Consulate. Ref. Source 5