RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Days after the last U.S. troops left Iraq, a federal appeals court ended a lawsuit over an episode that produced one of the more disturbing images of the war: the grisly killings ...

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In just the week since Jeremy Scahill’s appearance on THE JOURNAL, there have been many developments in the Blackwater story: In front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Secretary ...

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Democrats in Congress released a scathing report Thursday on the 2004 massacre of four Blackwater contractors in Fallujah, charging that the company rushed unprepared into a sloppy mission, skimped on ...

Right on the heels of a Brookings Institution report detailing the problems private military companies create for counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has released a study ...

Blackwater USA Chairman Erik Prince will testify before a House committee Tuesday to discuss the role of private security firms in Iraq and Afghanistan and address allegations of misconduct against ...

Erik Prince, a Holland native and former Navy SEAL, is scheduled to appear at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on contractor accountability in Iraq. Below is a previous ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. AP – The families of four Blackwater private security guards whose killing in Fallujah marked a turning point of the Iraq war are ending their lawsuit against the company’s corporate ...