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Should the U.S. hire security firms like Blackwater Worldwide to fight in combat zones?
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two bills sponsored by Pensacola-area lawmakers would open up state parks and the Blackwater River State Forest to oil and gas exploration. Rep. Clay Ford, R-Gulf Breeze, is the sponsor of HB 695 that would encourage ...
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KIRKLAND LAKE, ON, Feb. 14, 2012 /CNW/ - RJK Explorations Ltd. (RJX.A: TSV) ("RJK") is pleased to report that the Company has now initiated it's first phase 2,000 meter diamond drill program on the Blackwater East Gold Property in the Blackwater Gold ...
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- Maryland man killed while kayaking on Blackwater River (api.bing.com)
Tara Eastwell has been living in Blackwater for the past three years and she says that from the moment she arrived she thought that there was something wrong with the water. She and many other residents have formed up to discuss the problems with the water ...
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[JURIST] Blackwater [JURIST news archive], now known as Academi [corporate website], reached a confidential settlement agreement Saturday with survivors and families of victims in a 2007 shooting incident [JURIST report] in the Nisour Square area of Baghdad that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead. A subsequent FBI [official website] investigation revealed that 14 of the deaths were unjustified acts of excessive force [NYT report]. A federal judge...
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- Blackwater Settles Suit Over 2007 Baghdad Shootings (api.bing.com)
- Blackwater, Families Settle Over 2007 Baghdad Shootings (api.bing.com)
The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by six victims or their families in the Sept. 16, 2007 shootings in Baghdad's Nisoor Square, an incident that remains a flashpoint over the use of private contractors in war.Charlotte law firm Lewis & Roberts represented the vicitims and announced the undisclosed settlement in a statement this evening."With respect to the Iraqi families and individuals who were...
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- Blackwater successor settles shooting suit (fox23.com)
- Blackwater settles with families of Nisoor Square victims (api.bing.com)
- Blackwater successor settles Nisoor Square lawsuit (api.bing.com)
RALEIGH, North Carolina — The new owners of the security company formerly known as Blackwater said Saturday they have settled a lawsuit brought by some of the survivors and estates of Iraqis killed during an infamous 2007 shooting in Baghdad.
The settlement closes the last lawsuit against the company, now called Academi, over the shooting that killed 17 Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square, spokesman John Procter said.
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The article 'Blackwater's Black Ops' - by Jeremy Scahill, carried by The Nation claims that Blackwater was purchased by Monsanto, the driving force behind both Agent Orange, and Genetically Modified Food (GMO).
As it turns out, Monsanto did not purchase Blackwater (XE), however there is no question that the groups have done their share of dancing.
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Blackwater Worldwide is an independent security firm best known for its involvement in ground operations during the Iraq War.
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