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Blackwater case deepens as investigations multiply »

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WASHINGTON 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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I'm for peace in the world. I'd rather see the American Taxpayer's money go to helping it's own citizens stay alive ...

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    GrainOfSand
    Sept. 29, 2007, 5:40 p.m.

    "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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