Iraq breaks the back of Blackwater
July 21, 2008 at 8:52 pm | In "War on Terror", Associated Press Television News, Blackwater Security Consulting, Blackwater USA, Dannielle Taaffe, DynCorp International, Eric Prince, Iraq, Security firms, www.hrw.org | Leave a CommentContractor Blackwater Worldwide is planning a shift away from the private security business that brought it unwelcome attention following a deadly shooting in Baghdad last year.
Executives have told The Associated Press that the negative media coverage and intense government scrutiny has made the cost of doing business too high. They say the company has unfairly come to symbolise all Iraq contractors
and thus is a flash point for those opposed to the war.
Blackwater contractors are under investigation for their involvement in a shooting in Baghdad in September that left 17 Iraqis dead. Regardless of the outcome of that case, Blackwater executives say the company will survive with a focus on international training, aviation and construction.
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