Blackwater investigation eyes smuggling claims

Detroit Free Press | Sep. 22, 2007 (News Report)

The company, which guards the U.S. ambassador and other State Department personnel in Iraq, had its license to operate suspended this week after Sunday's shooting in Baghdad. Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said he favors barring the company permanently, calling the shooting "cold-blooded."
Its guards apparently were back working Friday in Baghdad as U.S. diplomats resumed limited trips outside the Green Zone after a three-day hiatus. Full Story »

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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

This story relies on coverage my the AP and McClatchy. It doesn't provide much new insight or information.

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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

I found this strange ...FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICE. I'm wondering what that means. Weapons investagation....no fact check or information....like # handled, # unaccounded for...Who is running investigation and who is oversight .... Piece is a rehash of current Blackwater stuff...adding that as of Friday, guards (Blackwater's) have returned to escort diplomats out of green zone. Implying that any movement out of green zone requires mercenaries.

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