ارشيف من : 2005-2008

Blackwater `involved in 200 shootings`

Blackwater `involved in 200 shootings`

prepared by the majority staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, also said Blackwater had fired at 122 people over the past three years.‏

State Department contractor Blackwater that is under investigation for the death of 11 Iraqis on September 16 will answer questions about the shooting and other similar incidents on Tuesday.‏

The FBI said it had been asked by the State Department to send a team of investigators to Iraq to look into the shootings. No criminal charges have been filed yet against Blackwater over that incident.‏

The memorandum also slammed the State Department`s oversight of Blackwater and said it was often more interested in getting the company to pay off victims` families and "put the matter behind us" than in investigating what happened.‏

Blackwater, founded in 1997, is the biggest of the State Department`s three private security contractors. The others are Dyncorp and Triple Canopy.‏

2007-10-02