CIA Hired Blackwater for Assassin Program
Blackwater is in the news again — the CIA hired Blackwater as part of a secret program to find and assassinate top Al Qaeda operatives in 2004. The story has also been covered by the Nation, the New York Times, the Washington Post, MSNBC, AP, NPR, and other local newspapers.
Iraq Won’t Grant Blackwater a License
The New York Times posted this article today:
“BAGHDAD — Blackwater Worldwide, the security firm whose guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians on a crowded Baghdad street in 2007, will not receive an operating license from the Iraqi government, a decision that will likely force American diplomats here to make new arrangements for their personal protection, officials said Thursday.
Unlike many security contractors in Iraq, Blackwater has been operating without an Iraqi government license, although it had recently applied for one.
The request was turned down during the past few weeks by the Iraqi government, officials said.”
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“BAGHDAD — Blackwater Worldwide, the security firm whose guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians on a crowded Baghdad street in 2007, will not receive an operating license from the Iraqi government, a decision that will likely force American diplomats here to make new arrangements for their personal protection, officials said Thursday.
Unlike many security contractors in Iraq, Blackwater has been operating without an Iraqi government license, although it had recently applied for one.
The request was turned down during the past few weeks by the Iraqi government, officials said.”
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