SEATTLE, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors will seek an indictment against a former Blackwater USA employee for allegedly shooting an Iraqi bodyguard to death in Baghdad, sources say.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. government countered Iraqi claims that employees with Blackwater USA fired “without any provocation” on Iraqi guards, killing three.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Richard J. Griffin resigned Wednesday following a harsh assessment of security in Iraq.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department reports its use of private contractors has increased dramatically in four years.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The private U.S. security firm Blackwater USA, now ordered to use cameras in vehicles, requested installing them in Iraq in 2005 but was denied.

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. 12 (UPI) -- Blackwater USA guards fired upon Iraqi civilians as they fled from a Baghdad square, a report compiled by the first U.S. solders who arrived at the scene said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- An injured Iraqi and relatives of three Iraqis killed by security contractors employed by Blackwater USA filed suit Thursday in Washington against the company.

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.