Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Past lingers for company formerly called Blackwater, Xe.

Republican Palace, American Embassy Annex, US State Department security (Blackwater), International (Green) Zone, central Baghdad, Iraq. Image: jamesdale10 via Flickr.
As it goes about the complicated task of putting its past behind it, the Moyock, N.C.-based company once known as Blackwater is going through some lean times.
Nevertheless, its reach has never been wider. Its workers have [...]

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Monday, May 16th, 2011

Blackwater founder builds foreign force in UAE: report.

The crown prince of Abu Dhabi has hired the founder of private security firm Blackwater Worldwide to set up an 800-member battalion of foreign troops for the United Arab Emirates, the New York Times said Sunday.
The Times said it obtained documents that showed the unit being formed by Erik Prince’s new company Reflex Responses with [...]

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Monday, April 25th, 2011

Court reinstates Blackwater Iraq shooting case.

An appeals court resurrected the case Friday against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting in a Baghdad public square that killed 17 Iraqis.
A federal trial judge in Washington, Ricardo Urbina, threw out the case on New Year’s Eve 2009 after he ruled that the U.S. Justice Department mishandled evidence and violated the [...]

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Friday, November 5th, 2010

Blackwater pro shop in Fayetteville, NC is closed.

Image: The Grey Group
Soldiersystems.net reports the Fayetteville, NC Blackwater shop is closed after only three months of operation.

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Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Blackwater/Xe security subcontractors trial moves to mistrial.

A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of two U.S. security contractors accused of killing two Afghanistan civilians.
The jury in the case against Christopher Drotleff and Justin Cannon told Judge Robert Doumar that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
A retrial has been scheduled for March 1, 2011.
Drotleff and Cannon worked [...]

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Monday, August 30th, 2010

Critical Mass shooting event draws crowd to Van Buren, Arkansas.

Jason Falla shoots a suppressed HK pistol.
More than 500 people watched demonstrations, looked at new products and pulled triggers at the inaugural Critical Mass shoot held at Thor Global Defense Group in Van Buren on Aug 28.
“We had outstanding turnout,” said Max Rodriguez, chief marketing officer for Thor. “We’re really pleased how many people came [...]

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Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Report: Blackwater settles U.S. export violations.

The private security contractor previously known as Blackwater Worldwide, which has protected U.S. officials in Afghanistan and Iraq, has agreed to pay $42 million in fines for hundreds of violations of U.S. export rules, the New York Times reported on Friday.
The violations included illegal weapons exports to Afghanistan, making unauthorized proposals to train troops in [...]

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Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Former Blackwater workers face new murder indictment.

A federal grand jury issued a new murder indictment against two former Blackwater security workers, charging one defendant with using a machine gun but reducing an attempted murder charge against both.
The grand jury didn’t change the most serious charges against Christopher Drotleff and Justin Cannon. They remain charged with second-degree murder and related counts in [...]

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