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OMB Watch Partners with CREDO Action to Stop Reckless OutsourcingOMB WatchWith corporations like Blackwater/Xe, ArmorGroup, and KBR constantly in the news because of some new scandal about either ripping off the American taxpayer ...
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Blackwater's PR Guy Has a Few Words of Advice For BPGawkerEven the PR guy for Xe Services, the mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater, thinks BP has bungled it. Today, President Obama called out BP for its ...
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ADR Report: ADRs Close Lower With Financials, Europe DownWall Street JournalXE) agreed to buy US software maker Sybase Inc. (SY) for $5.8 billion, a move that would give the German giant key technology in its battle against rivals ...
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Celesio Still Sees Core Profit Above 2009 LevelWall Street JournalXE) said Wednesday that first-quarter net profit rose 2.5%, boosted by the first-time consolidation of Brazilian wholesaler Panpharma, and said it was ...and more »
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Deutsche Post Earnings Beat Estimates; Shares GainWall Street JournalXE) soared Tuesday after it reported first-quarter sales and earnings that were well above market expectations and confirmed its 2010 outlook. ...and more »
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Deutsche Boerse 1Q Profit Down As Derivatives SlowWall Street JournalXE) said late Monday its first-quarter net profit fell 24% on a slowdown in its core derivatives trading business and restructuring charges tied to cutting ...and more »
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The Podesta Group: Playing Both PMC SidesHuffington Post (blog)Of course, given that Xe Services, a Professional Services Council member company, has been the subject of countless unbalanced articles, as well as one ...
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Camden sheriff pulled closer to Xe entanglementThe Daily AdvanceFor most local residents, the notoriety surrounding Blackwater — now Xe Services — have been distant from the goings-on in northeastern North Carolina. ...
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INTERVIEW: RHJI CEO: Ample Scope For Financial Services DealsWall Street JournalXE). RHJI wants to use Kleinwort Benson as a base for further financial services acquisitions, as part of a push into the financial services sector. ...and more »
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Palm Beach PostXe 'admits' presence in PakistanPress TVDirector of notorious American security firm Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater, has reportedly admitted that his firm is operating in Pakistan. ...Secret tape of Blackwater founder exposedTimes OnlineBlackwater founder slams big gov't in Mich. speechThe Associated PressEx-Blackwater leader defends firmUPI.comThe Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com -Michigan Radio -rabble.ca (blog)all 333 news articles »
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October 2, 2007 On September 16, 2007, Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad. The fatalities occurred while a Blackwater Personal Security Detail (PSD) was escorting a convoy of US State Department vehicles en route to a meeting in western Baghdad with United States Agency for International Development officials. The shooting led to the unraveling of the North Carolina-based company, which since has replaced its management and changed its name to Xe Services. The next day, Blackwater Worldwide's license to operate in Iraq was revoked. The US State Department has said that "innocent life was lost" while US military reports indicate Blackwater's guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force. The Iraqi government vowed to punish Blackwater after an Iraqi inquiry found that the guards were "not touched even by a stone" when they opened fire on the civilians. The incident sparked at least five investigations, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe that found almost all of the shootings "were unjustified and violated deadly-force rules in effect for security contractors in Iraq." A senior aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that three of the Blackwater guards were Iraqis and could be subject to prosecution. The aide also said that the Iraqi government was pushing for an apology, compensation for victims or their families and for the guards involved in the shooting to be held "accountable ...
October 2, 2007 Thomas Milburn "Tom" Davis III (born January 5, 1949 in Minot, North Dakota) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia. Davis was considering a run for the US Senate seat being vacated by five-term incumbent and fellow Republican John Warner in the 2008 election, but decided against it. He announced on January 30, 2008, that he would not seek reelection to an eighth term. Davis resigned from Congress on November 24, 2008. John F. Tierney (born September 18, 1951), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 6th District of Massachusetts. Xe Services LLC, still usually referred to as "Blackwater," is a private military company founded as Blackwater USA in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. Blackwater has a wide array of business divisions, subsidiaries, and spin-off corporations but the organization as a whole has aroused significant controversy. Based in North Carolina, Xe operates a tactical training facility the company claims is the world's largest, at which it trains more than 40000 people a year, mostly from US and other military and police services. The training consists of military offensive and defensive operations, as well as smaller scale personal security. Xe is currently the largest of the US State Department's three private security contractors. Of the 987 ...
The former President of Blackwater has been indicted on Federal charges including covering up gifts given to the King of Jordan and illegally stockpiling automatic weapons. The controversial security firm is now known as XE services. Blackwater has worked under various names and continues to work for the US military despite continued violations. Also, the NSA has indicted a former employee for leaking information to national newspapers, The Wall Street Journal and The Baltimore Sun.
Good Morning. It's Friday, March 26, 2010. At this hour, US equity futures are trading higher. Overseas, the Asian markets advanced, while the European markets are down. Today's UPGRADES include: Research in Motion (RIMM) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan... Nokia (NOK) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan...Genzyme (GENZ) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Leerink... Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) upgraded to Buy from Sell at Janney Montgomery... DOWNGRADES: Ctrip.com (CTRP) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Kaufman Bros... LG Display (LPL) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS... AU Optronics (AUO) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS... Hot News: Oracle (ORCL) says Sun integration "going even better than we expected." Oracle expects Sun to make "significant contribution" to Q4 EPS. Oracle says Exadata Q4 bookings forecast nearly $100M. Oracle: "Every quarter we grab huge chunks of market share from SAP (SAP)"...Traversa Therapeutics announced the signing of a research agreement with Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) for the validation and development of Traversa's RNAi delivery technology: PTD-DRBD...Brinker International (EAT) entered into a purchase agreement with OTB Acquisition, an affiliate of Golden Gate Capital, to sell its On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina brand...AAR (AIR) announced that it signed an agreement to acquire Aviation Worldwide Services for $200M, a leading provider of expeditionary airlift services and aircraft modifications ...
In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services committee this past week, it emerged that employees of mercenary company Blackwater took more than 500 assault rifles that were intended for the exclusive use of the Afghan police force. The guards routinely carried weapons without permission, and used them on drunken shooting rampages that killed two Afghan civilians and injured at least two more.
so why should these guys play by the rules when..............
A question not answered by Friday's New York Times revelation that Blackwater guards were actually taking part in Central Intelligence Agency raids during the Bush Administration is the question of whether private contractors are still doing functions in Afghanistan and Iraq that Americans normally expect US military members to perform. And it sounds like even members of the Obama Administration who one might expect to have clarity on this, don't. As the NYT reports: Leon E. Panetta, the CIA director, recently initiated an internal review examining all Blackwater contracts with the agency to ensure that the company was performing no missions that were "operational in nature," according to one government official. The Associated Press reports that a spokesman for the company that used to be called Blackwater that now goes by Xe Services denies the NYT story: A spokesman for the company, now called Xe (zee) Services, says, "Blackwater USA was never under contract to participate in covert raids with CIA or Special Operations personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan or anywhere else." He goes on to say that "any allegation to the contrary by any news organization would be false." His denial is really what's known as a non-denial denial since the NYT story doesn't say that Blackwater was under contract to be the tip of the spear in raids. Rather the NYT story suggests a sort of mission creep that occurred from the contracted role of providing perimeter security. The story mentions that ...
A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted an Internet video showing an American it says it abducted and who appears to be a contractor reported missing by the US military. Whats more, the kidnappers are demanding justice for the people killed by the mercenary company Blackwater as part of their ransom.
Iraqi officials have ordered 250 Blackwater security guards to leave the country within a week. The Interior Ministry says both current and former employees of the firm, were told of their expulsion a few days ago. It comes after a US judge dismissed the manslaughter charges against 5 members of the company, in connection with the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007. Blackwater, which is now called 'Xe Services', was one of three private US security contractors hired to protect diplomats in Iraq.
Iraq has ordered any employees of Blackwater/XE Services to leave Iraq within seven (7) days. Recorded February 11, 2010 at 1000GMT
Xe Services, das Söldnerunternehmen, früher bekannt unter dem Namen Blackwater, wirbt um einen 1 Milliarde Dollar Vertrag, für die Ausbildung der nationalen afghaischen Polizei. Und das, obwohl Blackwater auch für die Ausbildung der afghanischen Grenzpolizei verantwortlich war, die berüchtigt für ihre Korruption und Inkompetenz ist. XE Service, bzw. Blackwater, ist eine Gefährdung für die amerikanische Sache auf der ganzen Welt und verdient es nicht einen weiteren Cent Steuergeld zu bekommen.
Xe Services, the mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater, is in the running for a $1 billion contract to train the Afghan National Police, despite the fact that theyve trained the notoriously corrupt and incompetent Afghan Border Police. Recently, two Blackwater / Xe trainers were indicted for murdering Afghan civilians, and the company has a history of hiring people with a criminal record. Xe Services / Blackwater is a liability to the American cause around the world and doesnt deserve another dime of taxpayer money.
The CIA's torture teachers Psychologists helped the CIA exploit a secret military program to develop brutal interrogation tactics -- likely with the approval of the Bush White House. By Mark Benjamin Jun. 21, 2007 | There is growing evidence of high-level coordination between the Central Intelligence Agency and the US military in developing abusive interrogation techniques used on terrorist suspects. After the Sept. 11 attacks, both turned to a small cadre of psychologists linked to the military's secretive Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape program to "reverse-engineer" techniques originally designed to train US soldiers to resist torture if captured, by exposing them to brutal treatment. The military's use of SERE training for interrogations in the war on terror was revealed in detail in a recently declassified report. But the CIA's use of such tactics -- working in close coordination with the military -- until now has remained largely unknown. According to congressional sources and mental healthcare professionals knowledgeable about the secret program who spoke with Salon, two CIA-employed psychologists, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, were at the center of the program, which likely violated the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners. The two are currently under investigation: Salon has learned that Daniel Dell'Orto, the principal deputy general counsel at the Department of Defense, sent a "document preservation" order on May 15 to the chairman of the ...
UNPROVOKED BLACKWATER PRIVATE SOLDIER THUGS MURDER 17 IRAQI CIVILIANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, IN COLD BLOOD, .. wiki = "On September 16, 2007, Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad. The fatalities occurred while a Blackwater Personal Security Detail (PSD) was escorting a convoy of US State Department vehicles en route to a meeting in western Baghdad with United States Agency for International Development officials. The shooting led to the unraveling of the North Carolina-based company, which since has replaced its management and changed its name to Xe Services. The next day, Blackwater Worldwide's license to operate in Iraq was revoked. The US State Department has said that "innocent life was lost" while US military reports indicate Blackwater's guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force. The Iraqi government vowed to punish Blackwater after an Iraqi inquiry found that the guards were "not touched even by a stone" when they opened fire on the civilians. The incident sparked at least five investigations, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe that found almost all of the shootings "were unjustified and violated deadly-force rules in effect for security contractors in Iraq." A senior aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that three of the Blackwater guards were Iraqis and could be subject to prosecution. The aide also said that the Iraqi government was pushing for an apology, compensation for ...
UNPROVOKED BLACKWATER PRIVATE SOLDIER THUGS MURDER 17 IRAQI CIVILIANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, IN COLD BLOOD, .. wiki = "On September 16, 2007, Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad. The fatalities occurred while a Blackwater Personal Security Detail (PSD) was escorting a convoy of US State Department vehicles en route to a meeting in western Baghdad with United States Agency for International Development officials. The shooting led to the unraveling of the North Carolina-based company, which since has replaced its management and changed its name to Xe Services. The next day, Blackwater Worldwide's license to operate in Iraq was revoked. The US State Department has said that "innocent life was lost" while US military reports indicate Blackwater's guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force. The Iraqi government vowed to punish Blackwater after an Iraqi inquiry found that the guards were "not touched even by a stone" when they opened fire on the civilians. The incident sparked at least five investigations, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe that found almost all of the shootings "were unjustified and violated deadly-force rules in effect for security contractors in Iraq." A senior aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that three of the Blackwater guards were Iraqis and could be subject to prosecution. The aide also said that the Iraqi government was pushing for an apology, compensation for ...
UNPROVOKED BLACKWATER PRIVATE SOLDIER THUGS MURDER 17 IRAQI CIVILIANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, IN COLD BLOOD, .. wiki = "On September 16, 2007, Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad. The fatalities occurred while a Blackwater Personal Security Detail (PSD) was escorting a convoy of US State Department vehicles en route to a meeting in western Baghdad with United States Agency for International Development officials. The shooting led to the unraveling of the North Carolina-based company, which since has replaced its management and changed its name to Xe Services. The next day, Blackwater Worldwide's license to operate in Iraq was revoked. The US State Department has said that "innocent life was lost" while US military reports indicate Blackwater's guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force. The Iraqi government vowed to punish Blackwater after an Iraqi inquiry found that the guards were "not touched even by a stone" when they opened fire on the civilians. The incident sparked at least five investigations, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe that found almost all of the shootings "were unjustified and violated deadly-force rules in effect for security contractors in Iraq." A senior aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that three of the Blackwater guards were Iraqis and could be subject to prosecution. The aide also said that the Iraqi government was pushing for an apology, compensation for ...
FORTSTZUNG TEIL 3: www.youtube.com Xe (vollständig: Xe Services, LLC, zuvor Blackwater Worldwide): ist das größte US-amerikanische private Sicherheits- und Militärunternehmen. Es wurde 1997 unter dem Namen Blackwater USA von Erik Prince, einem ehemaligen Angehörigen der United States Navy Seals, und Al Clark gegründet. Laut Eigendarstellung ist Xe militärischer Dienstleister für Regierungsbehörden, Justiz und Bürger. Das Unternehmen bietet ferner Training sowie die Durchführung von strategischen und punktuellen Operationen an. Das Unternehmen wurde im Oktober 2007 von Blackwater USA in Blackwater Worldwide umbenannt. Im Zuge dessen nahm die Firma auch Veränderungen an ihrem Logo vor. Dieses enthält nun nicht mehr den gekrümmten Schriftzug „Blackwater. Im Februar 2009 wurde das Unternehmen in Xe Services umbenannt, nachdem die Irakische Regierung der Firma im Januar die Lizenz zum Schutz von Diplomaten nicht verlängert hatte. Der Vorsitzende von Xe ist Gary Jackson, wie andere leitende Angestellte ein ehemaliger Navy SEAL. Das Blackwater Training Center ist nach Firmenangaben die größte private Schießtrainingsanlage der USA. Es liegt in Moyock, North Carolina und umfasst 24 km² mit über 40 Schießbahnen. Blackwater bietet verschiedene Kurse an, unter anderem Nahkampf- und Scharfschützenausbildung. Es wird auch eine „Blackwater Academy angeboten, in der neue Rekruten umfassend ausgebildet werden. Diese Ausbildung wird von Blackwater finanziert, wenn sich die neuen Rekruten ...
Press TV reported that The Nation newspaper reported last month that despite vocal criticisms of Senators Obama and Clinton against the wide use of Blackwater guards by the Bush administration, the current President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are making an even wider use of the now 'Xe Services LLC' guards in Afghanistan and Pakistan, by awarding them numerous security contracts. In Somalia, Sheikh Ali Mohammed Rage, one of the leaders and spokespersons for al-Shabaab has indicated that Blackwater is attempting to sabotage Somalia by carrying out bombings and blaming it on al-Shabaab. Rogue elements within Western intelligence is carrying out deadly acts to re-inject life into what America and Britain calls the "war on terrorism", not dissimilar to the "war on drugs" in the US which targeted millions of Blacks in America. This is a deadly game of deception, from the 9/11 attacks to the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber.
Special interview with Franklin Lamb and Kenneth Katzman by Maryam Saleh of Middle East Today, Beirut Edition on the Blackwater/XE Services Company's role in the Iraq and in the Middle East as a while. Very interesting. Part 3 of 3
Special interview with Franklin Lamb and Kenneth Katzman by Maryam Saleh of Middle East Today, Beirut Edition on the Blackwater/XE Services Company's role in the Iraq and in the Middle East as a while. Very interesting. Part 2 of 3
Special interview with Franklin Lamb and Kenneth Katzman by Maryam Saleh of Middle East Today, Beirut Edition on the Blackwater/XE Services Company's role in the Iraq and in the Middle East as a while. Very interesting. Part 1 of 3
Here is a video message and galleries of attrocities, perportated by the United States of America and other racist and terrorist ocuppiers of Iraq (as well as Afghanistan too), from the final and puppet president of the United States of America. IRAQ NEVER POSSESSED ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION - THE RACIST/TERRORIST OCCUPIERS DO.
Two contractors working for a Blackwater subsidiary in Afghanistan have been accused of killing two Afghanis in Kabul last year following a traffic accident. Will these charges stick? Or is the CIA judge-shopping to get these mercenaries off the hook?
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German govt. may have covered secret CIA group 6th 12th 2010 Despite German intelligence saying that it knew nothing of a secret CIA group operating in Hamburg, it is not necessarily the case, said investigative journalist Wayne Madsen. "Certainly, the federal German intelligence office in Hamburg is saying that it comes as a shock to them, he said. This is standard to say we had no idea this was going on. Madsen added that the idea would not contradict the general mood in the Merkel government either. With the Christian Democrats being conservative and pro-US, I do not see any problem there, he said. Reports in the German media quoting Vanity Fair magazine say that a CIA hit team was operating in the German city of Hamburg targeting Al Qaeda suspect Mahmoun Darkazanli, a German-Syrian businessman. The article in the American magazine said that the group, which did not notify the German authorities of its presence and mission, was following the businessman for weeks until the assassination was called off. ..................... Xe Services LLC (pronounced zi), still usually referred to as "Blackwater", is a private military company founded as Blackwater USA in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. Blackwater has a wide array of business divisions, subsidiaries, and spin-off corporations but the organization as a whole has courted much controversy. Based in North Carolina, Xe operates a tactical training facility which the company claims is the world's largest, and at which it ...
For those of you keeping track, Blackwater has been renamed Xe Services. A public relations stunt to distant themselves from the name blackwater. Blackwater is associated with human rights violations in Iraq killing innocent people including women and children that was unprovoked, and violations against the United States during hurricane katrina violating Posse Comitatus.
Munich Re Helps Place $225M Zurich Fincl Cat BondWall Street JournalXE) Monday said it has helped place a $225 million catastrophe bond that will provide Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services (ZURN. ...Zurich Financial In $225M Earthquake Loss ProtectionWall Street Journalall 30 news articles »
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Salem-News.ComXe, Formerly Blackwater, Poses Biggest Threat to Pakistan's NukesSalem-News.ComAccording to a report, “The security company of Ikram Sehgal, MD of Pathfinder and Security Management Services (SMS) was brought into the spotlight for ...and more »
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is that contractors are doing the job that the State Department, Pentagon and CIA once did on their own. Recently the CIA announced that it had stopped using Blackwater (now known as Xe Services) to conduct raids and other special operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but some press reports say Xe Services are still at the center of a secret program in Karachi, Pakistan, where they plan assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda members, among other operations. In this episode, we ...
is that contractors are doing the job that the State Department, Pentagon and CIA once did on their own. Recently the CIA announced that it had stopped using Blackwater (now known as Xe Services) to conduct raids and other special operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but some press reports say Xe Services are still at the center of a secret program in Karachi, Pakistan, where they plan assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda members, among other operations. In this episode, we ...
is that contractors are doing the job that the State Department, Pentagon and CIA once did on their own. Recently the CIA announced that it had stopped using Blackwater (now known as Xe Services) to conduct raids and other special operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but some press reports say Xe Services are still at the center of a secret program in Karachi, Pakistan, where they plan assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda members, among other operations. In this episode, we ...
Currently in Afghanistan, there are 121000 US contractors and 68000 US troops. As a result of the coming surge, another 30000 troops and 56000 contractors are expected. But US lawmakers are afraid that the mistakes that plagued military contracting in Iraq will be repeated in Afghanistan. Will the shadow armies be required to protect the Afghan civilian population? What are the chances that military contractors could cause major damage to Americas mission in Afghanistan? Will the Obama administration be able to prevent the waste, fraud and abuse seen in Iraq? In a globalised world, perhaps it was inevitable that private companies would become major players in diplomacy. But the fact is that contractors are doing the job that the State Department, Pentagon and CIA once did on their own. Recently the CIA announced that it had stopped using Blackwater (now known as Xe Services) to conduct raids and other special operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but some press reports say Xe Services are still at the center of a secret program in Karachi, Pakistan, where they plan assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda members, among other operations. In this episode, we examine the role of US military contractors in Afghanistan as the US widens its footprint there. Joining Riz is Dov Zakheim, who was the Comptroller of the US Department of Defense from 2001-2004. He was also the coordinator of civilian programs in Afghanistan for the Pentagon from 2002-2004. He currently is a ...
is that contractors are doing the job that the State Department, Pentagon and CIA once did on their own. Recently the CIA announced that it had stopped using Blackwater (now known as Xe Services) to conduct raids and other special operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but some press reports say Xe Services are still at the center of a secret program in Karachi, Pakistan, where they plan assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda members, among other operations. In this episode, we ...
Mark RussellBaltimore SunThe CIA is canceling its contracts with that Blackwater outfit, now known as Xe Services, also known as ex-CIA agents now working for more money. ...and more »
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Report into Pakistani movement against US attacks inside Pakistan. Many call for end of US presence and the end of private security contractors inside Pakistan.
EU OKs Bilfinger Berger To Buy MCE, With ConditionsWall Street JournalXE) to buy Austrian industrial and power services provider MCE Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH. The deal was cleared with the condition that an MCE unit, ...and more »
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DAWN.comUS says Pakistan harassing diplomats, denying visasSeattle Times... appear linked to persistent stories in the Pakistani media about the presence of US security company Blackwater, now called Xe Services, in Pakistan. ...US Diplomats Allege Harassment In PakistanRTT NewsPakistan Reported To Be Harassing US DiplomatsFree Internet Pressall 320 news articles »
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region and into the major city of Quetta to allegedly target the Taliban. Although the US and Pakistan have long been denying that the drones were taking off from Pakistani soil, the CIA confirmed on Saturday that US security contractor Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater, has been helping the agency to launch the attacks from within Pakistan. CIA spokesman George Little quoted spy agency Director Leon Panetta as saying that US has been launching the attacks from secret airfields ...
DAWN.comBlackwater and Security Contracting: The Economics of WarNew York Times (blog)The news that Blackwater Worldwide (or its new name, Xe Services) collaborated with the Central Intelligence Agency was one news event that did ...Blackwater's Participation in CIA Raids Raises Critical QuestionsThe Washington IndependentLicence to killThe Nation, PakistanThe Blackwater chroniclesDAWN.comThe Post-Standard - Syracuse.com (blog) -Center for Research on Globalization -Charleston Gazetteall 15 news articles »
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The security company Blackwater (also known as Xe Services) employed by the US in Iraq also has a contract tn Pakistan, loading bombs onto spy/attack drones. Xe Services also train Pakistani forces.
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