Blackwater case deepens as investigations multiply »
Posted By GrainOfSand 1 year, 9 months ago in NewsWASHINGTON US and Iraq investigations into powerful private security group Blackwater USA are multiplying as more questions are raised about the firm's actions in a Baghdad shooting that left at least 10 Iraqis dead.
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GrainOfSand1 year, 9 months ago
"On Friday the US Department of State announced it was sending a team to Iraq led by a senior official to evaluate security measures for US diplomats who have relied on Blackwater and other private security firms for protection in the violence-ridden country.
"'My instructions to the panel are simple: their review should be serious, probing and comprehensive," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a statement about the review.
"Once they have established the baseline facts, I look forward to hearing their recommendations on how to protect our people while furthering our foreign policy objectives.'"
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