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	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 (0 words)

	Blackwater USA: News & Videos about Blackwater USA - CNN.com
		One group of Blackwater USA contractors was involved in two separate shootings on September 16, according to a senior Iraqi National Police official who contributed to a report detailing the second shooting.
		Blackwater USA guards have used deadly force weekly in Iraq and have inflicted "significant casualties and property damage," according to a congressional staff report released Monday that cites internal company and State Department documents.
		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.
	topics.cnn.com /topics/blackwater_usa (1362 words)

	Blackwater founder defends firm's actions in Iraq - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In two incidents in which guards from Blackwater USA killed Iraqis, State Department officials suggested paying the victims' families to mollify them "rather than to investigate Blackwater for potential criminal liability," a report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee concluded.
		The State Department and Blackwater agreed that the company should pay $15,000 to the relatives of the Iraqi guard, and $5,000 to the family of an "apparently innocent bystander" killed in Hillah in 2005, the report said.
		Blackwater has the largest contingent with 861 workers, the committee report says.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2007-10-01-blackwater_N.htm?csp=34 (1090 words)

	Blackwater USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blackwater USA is a United States private military contractor and security firm based in North Carolina.
		Blackwater USA was formed in 1997 to provide additional support to military and law enforcement organizations.
		Blackwater USA was employed to assist the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts on the Gulf Coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackwater_USA (529 words)

	Blackwater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village on the Isle of Wight, England.
		Blackwater, 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, a particular 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 (266 words)

	Blackwater mercenaries used in New Orleans - Wikinews
		As of September 1, 2005, Blackwater USA [1] sent equipment and security forces to the Hurricane Katrina disaster area, including a SA-330J Puma helicopter, with the stated purpose of assisting in the evacuation of citizens from flooded areas.
		A later press release on Blackwater USA's web site confirms that their privately contracted forces are on the ground in New Orleans, being used to secure petrochemical facilities and provide security services for the federal government.
		Private citizens are also reported to be hiring Blackwater "military warriors" and bodyguards to protect them and/or their expensive homes in New Orleans, such as in the Garden District, despite the repeated mandatory evacuation orders of all civilians by local, state, and federal authorities.
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Blackwater_mercenaries_used_in_New_Orleans (462 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		According to Rahim, mercenaries from Blackwater USA are rumbling through the New Orleans streets, armed to the teeth and in full battle gear.
		Blackwater USA is a private mercenary firm, one of many "war outsourcing" outfits working for the Pentagon.
		In "The Mercenary Variable: Outsourced Combat in Iraq", US Army Special Forces Master Sergeant Stan Goff describes Blackwater as follows: "Blackwater USA is a guns-for-hire training-and-recruitment outfit on a 6,000-acre military training compound on the northern coastal plain of Moyock, North Carolina, a stone's throw from the Virginia border.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8750453&postID=112633131275482230 (519 words)

	Private Security Workers Living On Edge in Iraq
		Rich is typical of the men drawn to Blackwater USA and scores of other private security firms now doing a booming business in Iraq.
		Blackwater has an average of 1,300 employees on a given day, spread out over seven countries, the firm says.
		As the Blackwater convoy sped down the airport highway, John "Tool" Freeman, a red-headed ex-Marine, was at the wheel of the lead Mamba, a high-riding, $70,000 armored vehicle designed to withstand antitank mines.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/22/AR2005042201809_pf.html (1349 words)

	Please bring me a glass of water
		Blackwater personnel are in the process of notifying in person the families of those killed today.
		In addition, Blackwater has a 15-member team of crisis counselors working with those family members to assist them in coping with the loss of their loved ones.
		Blackwater is not releasing the names or other personal information of those killed pending notification of their families.
	blogs.salon.com /0004735/2005/04/21.html (329 words)

	Blackwater USA Continues to Support Katrina Devastated Areas
		Blackwater is also providing security services to federal agencies working in the declared disaster area.
		Blackwater is working to secure critical communications infrastructure and is also assisting in securing necessary petrochemical facilities in the immediate aftermath of the storm.
		As a private company, Blackwater USA is capable of responding quickly and cost effectively in order to have an immediate impact on crisis situations and mitigate, to the extent possible, the risk associated with loss of life and property, and support local, state and federal agencies who are tasked with response efforts.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-13-2005/0004106408&EDATE= (303 words)

	View from the Hill Online - Representative Jan Schakowsky, 9th District, Illinois - 2002 Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		“Blackwater USA, one of the private military contractors whose business flourished as a result of lucrative, multi-million dollar, tax-payer funded contracts in Iraq, cheered the re-election of George Bush.
		Blackwater, based in Moyock, N.C., and three other companies would add to the bill, and to their profits.
		Contractors wanting to work for Blackwater in Iraq, such as Zovko, must sign contracts that compel them to pay Blackwater a quarter of a million dollars in instant damages if they violate their contract for doing things such as discussing details of the contracts or work.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/press/il09_schakowsky/pr11_09_2004bwusa.html (1910 words)

	Blackwater Watch » Blackwater USA: The World’s Largest Mercenary Army
		Blackwater USA is the world’s largest private mercenary army with over 20,000 soldiers and it’s own air force.
		Blackwater was founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire ex- Navy Seal named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes.
		Blackwater is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf to the hurricane-ravaged US gulf to Washington DC, where Blackwater executives are hailed as new heroes in the war on terror.
	www.blackwaterwatch.com (0 words)

	Four US mercenaries are torched, dismembered and hung in Iraq
		The four US mercenaries employed by Blackwater Security Consulting where traveling in two SUV vehicles when they were ambushed and their vehicles set on fire.
		Blackwater Security Consulting, a company of Blackwater USA, has been hired to guard Iraqi oil wells against attack by insurgents and to provide security for the US occupation administrator Paul Bremer.
		A few months ago Blackwater USA flew a group of about 60 former Chilean commandos, many of whom had trained under the military government of Augusto Pinochet, from Santiago to its 6000 acre training camp in North Carolina.
	www.aztlan.net /torched_hung.htm (551 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		A seventh Blackwater employee was killed and four injured Thursday near Ramadi when a bomb was detonated next to one of the company's armored personnel carriers.
		Blackwater said the dead contract employees would not be identified until their families were contacted.
		Blackwater also lost four bodyguards in June, when assailants opened fire with automatic weapons on a convoy traveling to Baghdad's airport to pick up a client.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories?ArID=91977 (594 words)

	Blackwater USA - SourceWatch
		Blackwater USA is a private military contractor offering "tactical training," firing range and target systems, and security consulting under the company's subdivisions: Blackwater Training Center, Blackwater Target Systems, Blackwater Security Consulting and Blackwater Canine.
		Blackwater USA was co-founded by former Navy Seal Erik Prince, a "billionaire right-wing fundamentalist Christian from a powerful Michigan Republican family.
		Blackwater is an active member of the International Peace Operations Association, a trade association which promotes the use of commercial force, logistics, demining and other conflict/post conflict services.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Blackwater_USA (0 words)

	Antiwar.com Blog · “Humanitarian” Mercenaries?
		Blackwater USA personnel have been able to fend off most attacks by using tactics that make it difficult, if not impossible, for attackers to damage more than one vehicle at a time.
		He said Blackwater USA personnel and their U.S. military counterparts counter the ambush threat by positioning their vehicles to cover each other and by avoiding attempts to draw them into traps.
		The truth of the matter is that Blackwater security personnel are hired by the American military and occupation authorities to take some of the pressure off the stretched-thin, crippled armed services.
	www.antiwar.com /blog/comments.php?id=1670_0_1_0_C (0 words)

	Blackwater Down
		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.
		Just as the hurricane was hitting, Blackwater's parent company, the Prince Group, named Joseph Schmitz, who had just resigned as the Pentagon's Inspector General, as the group's chief operating officer and general counsel.
	www.infowars.com /articles/new_orleans/blackwater_down_mercs_protect_wealthy.htm (1571 words)

	Barry Yeoman - Blackwater: Need an Army.. Just Pick Up the Phone
		Blackwater USA, which lost four soldiers in the March 31 massacre in Falluja, Iraq, is just one of the private companies replacing U.S. soldiers in war zones
		Blackwater Training Center: Over 6000 acres of private land, the most comprehensive private tactical training facility in the United States.
		Blackwater, which operates from a 5,200-acre training ground in the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina, is a private military firm that provides an array of services once performed solely by military personnel.
	www.bintjbeil.com /articles/2004/en/0402_yeoman.html (928 words)

	TIME.com: When Private Armies Take to the Front Lines -- Apr. 12, 2004
		Even representatives for the private security company that employed the men, Blackwater USA, could not say what exactly they were up to on that fateful morning.
		Most security contractors, like Blackwater's teams, live a comfortable if exhausting existence in Baghdad, staying at the Sheraton or Palestine hotels, which are not plush but at least have running water.
		A former private military operator with knowledge of Blackwater's operational tactics says the firm did not give all its contract warriors in Afghanistan proper training in offensive-driving tactics, although missions were to include vehicular and dignitary-escort duty.
	www.sandline.com /hotlinks/Time-Private_armies.html (1241 words)

	Soldiers of Good Fortune
		At a camp in North Carolina, a private firm called Blackwater USA is training the U.S. Navy to fight terrorists, taking the place of military officers who used to fill such roles.
		Blackwater's founders were banking on predictions that the military was eager to speed up the process, privatizing many jobs traditionally reserved for uniformed troops.
		Blackwater USA's Gary Jackson, whose company operates in hostile parts of Africa and southwestern Asia, insists that his employees would never bolt from a war zone.
	www.motherjones.com /news/feature/2003/05/ma_365_01.html (4338 words)

	: Tactical Gear : Blackwater : Holster : Vest Systems : Under Body Armour Shirts : Base Layer : Knives, Sheath : Ammo ...
		It took the combined efforts of three industry leading companies Michaels of Oregon, Crye Associates and Blackwater USA to deliver tactical personal equipment that supports the precision engagement requirements for small, rapidly mobile, well-trained, high-technology fighting forces.
		Blackwater Gear equipment is engineered from the perspective of the operator - designed for ergonomics, versatility and ease of use.
		Blackwater Gear Apparel is constructed of American fabric and is made outside of the United States to our exacting specifications.
	www.blackwatergear.com /default.aspx (178 words)

	CNN.com - 7 U.S. security contractors killed in Iraq - Apr 21, 2005
		On March 31, 2004, four Americans, all Blackwater contractors, were murdered in Falluja, and the bodies of two of them were hung from a bridge.
		Blackwater is one of a number of private security contractors that hire 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.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.contractors (697 words)

	Michaels of Oregon \| Press Room \| Innovative Products For Shooting and Law Enforcement Markets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Blackwater Gear line will feature full body armor and tactical accessories that have been developed and tested with input from Blackwater USA employees with unique first-hand knowledge of the tactical needs of today’s military and law enforcement agencies.
		The design of Crye Associates, the real world experience of Blackwater USA and the domestic manufacturing capabilities of Michaels of Oregon have all been unified to produce the finest tactical line available for those that protect our freedom,” said Dennis Pixton, CEO of Michaels of Oregon.
		Caleb Crye, President of Crye Associates, added “Blackwater wanted to provide a new level of quality, innovation, and utility for the professional operator and that is what we and Michaels of Oregon have helped them to create; a truly innovate line of highly effective and distinctive gear.
	www.uncle-mikes.com /press_r.asp?lineid=637401 (650 words)

	ARTICLE: Blackwater buys more local land (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blackwater USA has bought more land and is constructing what will be Camden County’s largest building, while plans to move the company’s aviation arm to neighboring Currituck County may be in jeopardy.
		Last m onth, Blackwater USA bought a little more than 351 acres in Camden County and 60 acres in Currituck County as part of the same tract, according to a deed in Camden County offices.
		Blackwater is constantly adapting to different emergencies and requirements, he said.
	home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=91986&ran=148327 (832 words)

	The New York Times > National > Security: Private U.S. Guards Take Big Risks for Right Price
		Here, at the 6,000-acre training ground of Blackwater U.S.A., scores of former military commandos, police officers and civilians are prepared each month to join the lucrative but often deadly work of providing security for corporations and governments in the toughest corners of the globe.
		On Wednesday, four employees of a Blackwater unit — most of them former American military Special Operations personnel — were killed in an ambush in the central Iraqi city of Falluja, their bodies mutilated and dragged through the streets by chanting crowds.
		Blackwater declined to identify the dead men, but issued a statement: "We grieve today for the loss of our colleagues and we pray for their families.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/04/02/national/02SECU.html?ex=1396242000&en=2f9f9a96eba8891a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (777 words)

	Blackwater USA News and more Business News from ADN1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blackwater USA Mourns Loss Three Blackwater Security Professionals and one State Department Official Killed in Iraq
		Blackwater grieves the loss of all four men, and shares its deepest sympathy with their families.
		The families of the fallen personnel have been notified and Blackwater requests that their privacy be respected.
	digital50.com /news/items/11055 (223 words)

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