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	Blackwater USA
		Blackwater USA is the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.
		Blackwater USA comprises nine separate business units to offer the most comprehensive professional security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.
		Blackwater is committed to the foot soldiers -- the men and women who stand on the frontlines of the global war on terror and who believe in a peaceful future for their communities and nations.
	www.blackwaterusa.com (166 words)

	Blackwater USA - Security_Consulting
		Blackwater USA, has a proven track record of superior advisory support to government agencies and private organizations.
		We are in position across the globe ready to provide rapid planning consultation, rapid mobility/logistics, and security assistance support in areas devastated by war or natural disasters.
		Blackwater Global Stability Solutions approaches every challenge with focused analysis.
	www.blackwaterusa.com /securityconsulting (0 words)

	Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Home Page - USFWS
		Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, approximately 12 miles south of the town of Cambridge, in Dorchester County.
		Blackwater was established in 1933 as a refuge for migratory birds.
		Blackwater is also a haven for several troubled species including the threatened American bald eagle, the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel, and the recently delisted migrant peregrine falcon.
	www.fws.gov /blackwater (582 words)

	Blackwater USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blackwater USA was employed to assist the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts on the Gulf Coast.
		Blackwater USA is sometimes chided by its critics for being "mercenaries" or "soldiers of fortune".
		Blackwater USA is criticized in the documentary Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, and that film suggests that Blackwater may be partially responsible for the Abu Ghraib scandal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackwater_USA (980 words)

	Blackwater USA - SourceWatch
		Blackwater lost seven American employees on Thursday, April 21, 2005, in Iraq, bringing the "number of Blackwater employees killed in Iraq to 18," CNN reported.
		Blackwater runs an advertisement on the second page of their journals, which can be downloaded free at their website, which acts well as an example of the image the PMC industry is seeking to re-define themselves within.
		Blackwater "is pushing to be part of UN peacekeeping missions in places like Darfur," The Current host Anna Maria Tremonti commented June 11, 2006, on her CBC (Canada) radio show.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Blackwater_USA (3231 words)

	newsobserver.com \| Blackwater loses appeal in deaths of four in Iraqi city
		"Blackwater has stalled this case for more than a year and a half, and this is finally the opportunity for the families to have their day in court, to get some answers and for Blackwater to be held accountable," said Miles, who is with Callahan & Blaine, the California law firm representing the families.
		Blackwater's owner, millionaire and former Navy SEAL Erik Prince, is well-connected in Washington and known for supporting conservative candidates and causes.
		Blackwater had a substantial hurdle to leap in its appeal, she wrote, because Congress has severely limited federal appeals courts' authority to review decisions to send cases from federal court back to state court.
	www.newsobserver.com /664/story/478707.html (702 words)

	GORP - Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blackwater NWR is one of nine national wildlife refuges on the low-lying Delmarva Peninsula, so named for the three states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which share its 200-mile length.
		It seems that salt-water levels are rising twice as fast as elsewhere because of the land subsidence thought to be due to the flattening of the mantle left by the Ice Age, a phenomenon being hastened by the groundwater extraction of land development.
		The Friends of Blackwater NWR was founded in 1987 and is the nonprofit, fund-raising arm of the refuge that helps with its educational, interpretive, and public-use missions.
	www.gorp.com /gorp/resource/us_nwr/md_black.htm (2790 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans
		Blackwater mercenaries are some of the most feared professional killers in the world and they are accustomed to operating without worry of legal consequences.
		Their presence on the streets of New Orleans should be a cause for serious concern for the remaining residents of the city and raises alarming questions about why the government would allow men trained to kill with impunity in places like Iraq and Afghanistan to operate here.
		Blackwater is one of the leading private "security" firms servicing the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/091005A.shtml (1151 words)

	GORP - Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland
		Blackwater NWR is one of nine national wildlife refuges on the low-lying Delmarva Peninsula, so named for the three states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which share its 200-mile length.
		It seems that salt-water levels are rising twice as fast as elsewhere because of the land subsidence thought to be due to the flattening of the mantle left by the Ice Age, a phenomenon being hastened by the groundwater extraction of land development.
		The Friends of Blackwater NWR was founded in 1987 and is the nonprofit, fund-raising arm of the refuge that helps with its educational, interpretive, and public-use missions.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nwr/md_black.htm (2765 words)

	CNN.com - High pay -- and high risks -- for contractors in Iraq - Apr 2, 2004
		(CNN) -- Blackwater Security Consulting -- whose four employees were viciously killed and their corpses mutilated by a mob in Fallujah, Iraq -- is one of a growing number of private security contractors that are hiring veterans for jobs previously assigned to the military.
		Blackwater, headed by former U.S. Navy SEALs, was founded in part to take advantage of business opportunities created by the downsizing of the U.S. military.
		Sources told CNN that the Pentagon is urging contracting companies not to speak to the media about the dangers in Iraq, claiming that it makes things more dangerous for their workers who are willing to take the risk.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/04/01/iraq.contractor (975 words)

	Blackwater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blackwater river, a type of river, in the southeastern United States characterized by a slow moving channel through wetlands and in Brazil characterized by soft peaty waters, such as in the Rio Negro
		Blackwater (waste), a term used for sewage containing fecal matter, in contrast with greywater that is the waste water from kitchen sink drains, washing machines, and other washings
		Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease characterised by the leakage of blood from the kidneys into the urine, where it has a dark appearance when voided
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackwater (313 words)

	Friends of Blackwater NWR - Ecosystem
		Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge lies on the Eastern Shore of Maryland among the beautiful tidal marshes of Dorchester County.
		Blackwater Refuge is an estuarine marshland ecosystem and is known for its brackish tidal marshes and majestic loblolly pine trees (the loblolly is a southern pine that is accustomed to coastal conditions and reaches its northern limit just north of Blackwater).
		The drier marsh meadows at Blackwater are dominated by saltmeadow cordgrass and saltmarsh cordgrass, while the wetter marshes are frequented by Olney three-square.
	www.friendsofblackwater.org /ecosys.html (334 words)

	Blackwater Down
		Blackwater spokesperson Anne Duke also said the company has a letter from Louisiana officials authorizing its forces to carry loaded weapons.
		Before the contract was announced, the Blackwater men told me, they were already on contract with DHS and that they were sleeping in camps organized by the federal agency.
		Blackwater's success in procuring federal contracts could well be explained by major-league contributions and family connections to the GOP.
	www.infowars.com /articles/new_orleans/blackwater_down_mercs_protect_wealthy.htm (1571 words)

	Windfalls of War - The Center for Public Integrity
		Blackwater Security Consulting, a strategic division of Blackwater USA, was formed on Sept. 29, 2003, according to documents filed with the secretary of state's office in North Carolina.
		Blackwater USA, which was founded in 1996 by a former Navy SEAL, says it has trained more than 50,000 law enforcement and military personnel since then.
		Blackwater was the subject of numerous media accounts after a March 31, 2004, incident in which four of its employees were killed in Iraq.
	www.publicintegrity.org /wow/bio.aspx?act=pro&ddlC=95 (369 words)

	newsobserver.com \| Iraq contractor fights to pull suit from state
		Blackwater's attorneys say federal law bars such suits, and that the only remedy for those hurt or killed -- even if their employer was at fault -- is workers compensation payments.
		Blackwater wants the case heard in federal court, where a jury must find unanimously for the plaintiffs.
		In the small audience were the low-profile owner of Blackwater's parent company, former Navy SEAL and multimillionaire Erik Prince, and Joseph Schmitz, the company's chief operating officer and general counsel, formerly the Pentagon's inspector general.
	www.newsobserver.com /511/story/418180.html (853 words)

	ABC 7 News - Families Sue Blackwater for Iraq Deaths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blackwater and several Republican lawmakers said the lawsuit should not be argued at a congressional hearing.
		In a statement prepared for House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Blackwater USA general counsel Andrew Howell said lawyers for the family members were using the hearing for their own purposes and that the case should be heard in court, not in Congress.
		The secretary of the Army on Tuesday wrote two Democratic lawmakers that the Blackwater USA contract was part of a huge military support operation by run by Halliburton Co. subsidiary KBR.
	www.wjla.com /news/stories/0207/395265.html (1018 words)

	Recreation: Blackwater
		Blackwater WMA, the Blackwater Carr Unit, and Blackwater Hutton Unit, are comprised of more than 186,000 acres in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties and is one of the largest state forests in Florida.
		The Carr Unit is a small (almost 600 acres) section of the Blackwater State Forest in Santa Rosa County four miles northwest of Holt and Highway 90.
		The Blackwater River forms the northern boundary of the unit, which consists of open pinelands interspersed with cutover areas and mature forests.
	myfwc.com /recreation/cooperative/blackwater.asp (576 words)

	Blackwater and Hawley Town Council (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blackwater and Hawley Town Council was established in 1894 and covers 4,590 acres in the north eastern corner of Hampshire.
		It is one of the 17 Parish and Town Councils in the Hart District and incorporates Blackwater, Hawley Minley and part of the Ancells Farm Estate in Fleet.
		At its northern boundary it borders the Blackwater River and in the south it borders the Basingstoke Canal.
	rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=Blackwater&bdcr=3&bdcu=http://blackwater.parish.hants.gov.uk/&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-AAB55A94-AEDC-0116-BA4B-3FE528114FBA-ym (95 words)

	Bring it On! » Blog Archive » Blackwater (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Blackwater charges $950 per day per soldier to the US government, and they pay the majority of their mercenaries $350 per day.
		Lesson to Blackwater: lie down with the Bushco dogs of war, get fleas (I guess, in return for boatloads of cash, they’re expected to defend themselves when push comes to shove.) The official line coming from Bushco is that they really don’t exist–at least, not in any official legal sense.
		Blackwater must find it terribly ironic that a Democrat may be able to save their asses, if anyone can.
	www.teambio.org /2007/03/blackwater (6697 words)

	Blackwater Capitial - Investment Banking Company - Chicago, Los Angeles, New York
		Blackwater provides a number of services to its clients and portfolio companies through investment banking services and venture capital investing, and in doing so, provides equity and debt capital and other value added services to its client companies.
		In venture capital investing, Blackwater’s investment objective is to achieve superior, tax-efficient, intermediate capital appreciation with provisions to limit downside exposure.
		Blackwater Capital provides value added services to client and portfolio companies to further insure their success, achieve rapid growth and attain high market valuations.
	rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=Blackwater&bdcr=2&bdcu=http://www.blackwatercapital.com/&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-AAB55A94-AEDC-0116-BA4B-3FE528114FBA-ym (209 words)

	Blackwater Down
		They congregated on the corner of St. James and Bourbon in front of a bar called 711, where Blackwater was establishing a makeshift headquarters.
		In an hourlong conversation I had with four Blackwater men, they characterized their work in New Orleans as "securing neighborhoods" and "confronting criminals." They all carried automatic assault weapons and had guns strapped to their legs.
		Blackwater spokesperson Anne Duke also said the company has a letter from Louisiana officials authorizing its forces to carry loaded weapons.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20051010/scahill (0 words)

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