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Blackwatergate

SCAHILL, JEREMY | October 22, 2007 issue

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The article comments on the testimony given to the U.S. Congress by Erik Prince, owner and chief executive of private military contractor Blackwater USA. Concern about Blackwater and other private security companies operating in Iraq was heightened after Blackwater security personnel allegedly shot numerous civilians during a firefight in Baghdad, angering the Iraqi government. The article says such companies and their employees are insufficiently accountable.

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EDITORIALS; PRINCE, Erik D.; BLACKWATER USA; PRIVATE military companies; CIVILIAN war casualties; IRAQ War, 2003- -- Moral & ethical aspects; UNITED States; IRAQ
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