Blackwater Security banned from Iraq
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Iraq's Interior Ministry has revoked the license of Blackwater Security Consulting, an American firm whose contractors are blamed for a Sunday gunbattle in Baghdad that left eight civilians dead.
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Iraq wants to tighten control over security contractors after a deadly shooting incident involving the U.S. firm Blackwater, ending their long immunity from Iraqi prosecution, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
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The United States has barred diplomatic convoys from leaving Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after a shooting involving the Blackwater security firm that drew protests from Iraq and prompted investigations, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Iraq announced on Monday it had withdrawn the license of a U.S. security firm and would prosecute employees it said were involved in a Baghdad shooting in which 11 people were killed.
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In a 2004 e-mail, a Blackwater USA manager warned his bosses that he lacked proper equipment for his security men in Iraq. "Guys are in the field with borrowed stuff and in harm's way," the manager said. A day later, four Blackwater employees were ambushed and slain in Falluja, with two of them left hanging from a bridge. A House panel now is examining the use of private contractors in Iraq.
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The Iraqi commander of the Baghdad security crackdown announced Tuesday that Iraq will close its borders with Syria and Iran and ordered the return of unlawfully seized homes, as part of the drive to end the violence that has threatened to divide the capital along sectarian lines.
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Legal gaps and immunity may prevent Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq from being tried.
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Iraq imposed a total daylight curfew on Baghdad on Saturday, banning all movement, as U.S. forces said they had foiled a possible suicide plot to attack the city's sprawling "Green Zone" government compound.
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The initial U.S. Embassy report on a Sept. 16 shooting incident in Baghdad involving Blackwater USA, a private security firm, depicts an afternoon of mayhem that included a car bomb, a shootout in a crowded traffic circle and an armed standoff between Blackwater guards and Iraqi security forces...
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Â· Decision taken after killing of Iraqi civilians Â· Rice tries to overturn ban on Blackwater guards
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Britain on Tuesday banned military and naval personnel from selling tales of their exploits to the media, following an outcry when sailors seized by Iran published stories in exchange for cash.
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WASHINGTON -- The State Department's security chief resigned on Wednesday in the wake of last month's deadly Blackwater USA shooting incident in Baghdad and growing questions about the use of private contractors to protect diplomats in Iraq.
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By Jamie Lyons, Political Correspondent, and Kim Pilling, PA News. British troops from the Black Watch stopped overnight in Nasiriyah after they moved through desert towards Iraqâs âtriangle of deathâ.
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American diplomats resumed travel in convoys escorted by Blackwater USA, less than a week after Iraqâs government banned the security contractor.
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Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr suspended all armed actions by his Mehdi Army on Wednesday to remove rogue elements from the militia after 52 people were killed in gun battles in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala.
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U.S. civilian officials have been barred from road travel in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone because of possible attacks after a deadly shooting involving American security firm Blackwater.
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Blackwater USA has been involved in a far higher rate of shootings in Iraq than other security firms providing similar services to the State Department, officials say.