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, 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, March 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. House panel chairman Monday called on three federal agencies to investigate Iraq contractor Blackwater Worldwide.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government wants Blackwater USA to pay $8 million to each of the 17 families whose relatives were shot to death in Baghdad last month.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Rival U.S. private security firms are watching to see if Blackwater's troubles in Iraq mean boom or bust for their futures.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. military reports appear to support the Iraqi government's contention that private Blackwater USA security guards wantonly opened fire on civilians.
BAGHDAD, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Iraqi forces held their fire as Blackwater security guards shot into a crowd in Baghdad, five alleged witnesses claim.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Blackwater guards faced bedlam during a shooting incident in Baghdad in which at least eight civilians died, said an initial U.S. Embassy report.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. State Department records show that employees of Blackwater USA are involved in two times as many shootings as those of other security firms in Iraq.
BAGHDAD, April 21 (UPI) -- A commercial helicopter carrying 11 people, including six American security guards, was downed north of Baghdad Thursday, according to U.S. government sources.
