From Texas to Iraq, and Center of Blackwater Case
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The New York Times has identified the gunner in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in September as a 28-year-old former infantry soldier from Texas.
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HOUSTON, Feb. 13 -- A former Houston man has been charged in Texas with teaming with al-Qaeda in the East African country of Somalia to fight the internationally recognized government there and establish an Islamic state.
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TONY JONES: First to Iraq, where the US military is moving quickly to investigate a shooting captured on video that appears to show a blatant violation of the Geneva Convention.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, 2004 - Military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in the capture of insurgents and the discovery of illegal weapons caches in recent days.
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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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Iraqâs Ministry of Interior is proposing a reshaping of how American diplomats in Iraq are protected. The U.S. Embassy said today that some Blackwater convoys had resumed.
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Almost until the eve of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, U.S. oil companies, including ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco, were among the largest purchasers of Iraqi crude oil.
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BAGHDAD -- Last Feb. 7, a sniper employed by Blackwater USA, the private security company, opened fire from the roof of the Iraqi Justice Ministry. The bullet tore through the head of a 23-year-old guard for the state-funded Iraqi Media Network, who was standing on a balcony across an open traffic...
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The fog of war keeps getting thicker. The Iraqi government's decision to temporarily ban the security company Blackwater USA after a fatal shooting of civilians in Baghdad reveals a growing web of rules governing weapons-bearing private contractors but few signs U.S. agencies are aggressively enforcing them.
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KIRKUK, Iraq -- As he walked through the mud surrounding his temporary barracks, 1st Sgt. Ken Agueda carried an M-4 assault rifle without its essential lethal components: bullets. Earlier in the day, Agueda had turned in his ammunition -- cartridges, assorted grenades -- in preparation for his journey home after nearly 13 months in Iraq.
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Chief Foreign Correspondent Rod Nordland finds that the hell of Iraq begins even before he gets there. In the first of a new series of dispatches, he describes his return to the capital.
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The Blackwater founder defends himself-and his company.
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The notorious military contractor Blackwater is remaking its image, starting with its logo. We figured we'd give 'em a hand, suggesting some new branding.  Vote for the one you like best or submit your own design.
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The Bush administration once proudly trumpeted its capture of terrorist leader Ibn al-Shakyh al-Libiâa key source for the assertion that Iraq helped train Al Qaeda in biochem weapons. His story has since been discredited. Where is he now?
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The initial U.S. Embassy report on a Sept. 16 shooting incident in Baghdad involving Blackwater USA, a private security firm, depicts an afternoon of mayhem that included a car bomb, a shootout in a crowded traffic circle and an armed standoff between Blackwater guards and Iraqi security forces...
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A TIME investigation reveals how Iraqi militants are devising innovative ways to make the war more deadly for U.S. troops
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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.