Blackwater boss grilled over Iraq
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The chairman of US private security firm Blackwater defends his company during a grilling by US lawmakers.
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WASHINGTON - Heavier guns and sturdier trucks would not have saved a team of Blackwater USA guards brutally killed in March 2004 after being lured by corrupt Iraqi forces into a well-planned ambush, the embattled private security contractor contends in a report to Congress.
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Private security contractor Blackwater USA denied on Saturday it was involved in illegally shipping automatic weapons and military goods to Iraq.
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The secretive world of the Blackwater compound in Baghdad is fraying under scrutiny from the F.B.I., the American military and the Iraqi government.
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The incoming deputy leader of Senate Democrats demanded answers Saturday from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as to why U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan lack protective equipment for themselves and their vehicles.
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The U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings said on Friday he plans to investigate deaths caused by the U.S. military and contractors in Iraq, including the recent Blackwater case in Baghdad.
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Private security contractor Blackwater USA said on Wednesday it supports recommendations by a State Department panel to boost oversight of contractors in Iraq.
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FBI agents recently spent a day interviewing the Army contracting officer who raised concerns that the Pentagon improperly awarded contracts without competition to Halliburton Co., Vice President Dick Cheney's former company.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was questioned by troops during a visit to Kuwait about lack of vehicle armor, extended combat tours and the overall aims of the war in Iraq.
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QUESTION: Mr. President, American forces are gearing up for what appears to be a major offensive in Fallujah over the next several days. I'm wondering if you could tell us what the objective is, what the stakes are there for the United States, for the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi elections coming up in January?
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In an interview with Time.com, Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the man in charge of combat operations in Iraq, reflects on the troubled mission
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Iraq's prime minister Wednesday disputed Blackwater USA's version of a weekend shooting that left at least 11 people dead, saying he cannot tolerate "the killing of our citizens in cold blood."
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Bush's top two men in Iraq are finally about to deliver a verdict on progress there. Here are the questions to ask about it
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White House officials today found themselves explaining recent remarks by the former top American administrator in Iraq.
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A row brewed over who was to blame for British troop deaths in Iraq last month after Britain's top military officer accused the news media for making it easier for rebels to stage attacks.
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In the past year, employees of the Blackwater USA security firm have been involved in other incidents in which they were accused of killing civilians and security forces in Iraq.
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Before leaving for Iraq, an Army supply sergeant had a heated argument with his strict company commander, one of two superior officers the sergeant is accused of killing in Iraq, colleagues of the men testified Friday.