WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department awarded a contract to Triple Canopy to provide security for U.S. personnel in Iraq, a department spokesman said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department says it will no longer require the services of Blackwater Worldwide in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor that protects American diplomats in Baghdad, may be banned by Iraq next year, the U.S. State Department warns.
WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department has renewed a contract for the Blackwater private military company to protect American diplomats in Iraq, officials said.
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department will renew its contract with Blackwater to provide security for American diplomats in Iraq, an official said.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Iraqi officials said Tuesday their investigation of the killing of Iraqi citizens by Blackwater security personnel indicates the shootings were unprovoked.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department asked the FBI for help in the department's probe into the Sept. 16 shooting incident in Iraq involving private security personnel.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The death of an Iraqi guard at the hands of a Blackwater private security guard was scrutinized by a congressional panel examining the firm's presence in Iraq.
CHICAGO, July 31 (UPI) -- A potential conflict of interest involving a University of Illinois director and the military security contractor Blackwater U.S.A. is being investigated. In May, Tom Dempsey, director of the university's police training institute, signed an agreement wit
MOYOCK, N.C., March 30 (UPI) -- Blackwater USA, one of the world's major security companies, plans to expand its Moyock, N.C.-based business to provide armies for hire.