Blackwater men 'given immunity'
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US officials investigating Iraqi deaths offered Blackwater guards at the centre of the case immunity, say reports.
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A British man held at GuantÃ¡namo Bay has alleged that he saw US soldiers kill two men in Afghanistan. Moazzam Begg, 36, who has been detained for 2 years without charge or trial, complains in the first letter
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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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American diplomats resumed travel in convoys escorted by Blackwater USA, less than a week after Iraqâs government banned the security contractor.
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Afghanistan's parliament has granted immunity to all Afghans involved in the country's 25 years of conflict, lawmakers said on Thursday, despite calls by human rights groups for war crimes trials.
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The Blackwater founder defends himself-and his company.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 -- Senior Iraqi officials repeatedly complained to U.S. officials about Blackwater USA's alleged involvement in the deaths of numerous Iraqis, but the Americans took little action to regulate the private security firm until 11 Iraqis were shot dead last Sunday, according to U.S....
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In a 2004 e-mail, a Blackwater USA manager warned his bosses that he lacked proper equipment for his security men in Iraq. "Guys are in the field with borrowed stuff and in harm's way," the manager said. A day later, four Blackwater employees were ambushed and slain in Falluja, with two of them left hanging from a bridge. A House panel now is examining the use of private contractors in Iraq.
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The Iraqi government announced Monday it was ordering Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, to leave the country after what it said was the fatal shooting of eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack against a State Department convoy.
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The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned
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Men jailed by judge who said they were 'intoxicated' by extremist propaganda are freed by court of appeal
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Embassy on Wednesday began offering tens of thousands of dollars in payments to the victims of the Sept. 16 shootings in Baghdad involving Blackwater Worldwide security guards, according to relatives and U.S. officials.
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Cabinet move comes in response to shooting dead of 17 civilians by agents for US firm Blackwater last month.
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State Department investigators promised Blackwater guards immunity from prosecution for last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to officials familiar with the matter.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A jury yesterday acquitted a leader of a paramilitary group blamed for killing some 3,000 people, after a 14-hour murder trial that angered human rights groups and provoked criticism of the new US-backed government.
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Federal prosecutors are looking into whether private U.S. security contractor Blackwater USA has shipped unlicensed automatic weapons and military goods into Iraq, a newspaper reported on Saturday.