Two former employees of the firm, now called Academi, say that they were fired from their jobs in Afghanistan after blowing the whistle on an attempt by a colleague to falsify dozens of marksmanship tests for security contractors.
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Mercenaries Sue Blackwater Over Fake Gun Tests
Posted in Created Terror, Middle East, Military Industrial Complex, North America
Also tagged Afghanistan, Blackwater, Mercenaries, U.S. Training Center, US
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Ex-Blackwater executives finger CIA in weapons trial
Five ex-Blackwater executives, facing federal firearms charges in connection with a gift of weaponry to a Middle Eastern monarch, have come up with a new explanation for how it occurred:
It was a CIA operation.
Posted in Arms Trade, Created Terror, Intelligence, Middle East, North America
Also tagged Blackwater, CIA, US, Weapons
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U.S. firm linked to civilian deaths hired to train Canadian soldiers
Documents tabled in the House of Commons show Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater, was providing select troops specialized training in precision shooting and defensive driving at the company’s North Carolina facilities.
Posted in Created Terror, Military Industrial Complex, North America
Also tagged Blackwater, Canada, Mercenaries, Military, North Carolina, Xe
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No, The U.S. Is Not Leaving Iraq
Thousands of armed U.S. private contractors will be based in the country, and the potential for violence is real
Posted in Middle East, Military Industrial Complex, North America
Also tagged Bases, Blackwater, embassy, Global, Iraq, Mercenaries, Military, SOC Inc, Triple Canopy, US
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Pentagon Wants to Keep Running Its Afghan Drug War From Blackwater’s HQ
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is supposed to be winding down. Its contractor-led drug war? Not so much.