Dec. 12, 2011 — -- The private security firm once known as Blackwater, which was forced out of Iraq after a shooting incident in which 17 civilians died, has changed its name for the second time ...

WASHINGTON — An internal State Department report says Blackwater Worldwide may lose its license to work in Iraq and recommends the agency prepare alternative ways to protect its diplomats there. The ...

On a scorching September 2007 Baghdad afternoon, a 19-man convoy of four armored Blackwater trucks rolled into Nisour Square, one of the city’s most congested and volatile intersections. What happened ...

The talks about Blackwater’s future in Iraq flow from recommendations in an Iraqi government report on the incident Sept. 16 when, Iraqi officials determined, Blackwater guards opened fire without ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Monday it would launch lawsuits in U.S. and Iraqi courts against a U.S. security firm accused in the 2007 killing of civilians in Baghdad, rejecting a U.S. judge's ...

(Adds Pentagon spokesman) WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States has barred diplomats and civilians from leaving Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after a shooting involving the ...

BAGHDAD — The official Iraqi investigation into last month's Blackwater shooting has been submitted to the government and recommends the security guards face trial in Iraqi courts, and that the ...

BAGHDAD - Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister ...

When a team of security contractors for Blackwater Worldwide opened fire last year in Baghdad's Nisoor Square, nobody was quite sure if a crime had been committed, and if so, whether there was a ...

Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister said ...

Last month's shooting incident in Baghdad involving employees of Blackwater USA has spurred interest in other incidents involving the private... Latest Incident Turns Attention to Blackwater's Past ...

Above: Abdul Amir Rahim was wounded in the September 2007 shooting in Baghdad's Nisoor Square. Five Blackwater guards were indicted last week on manslaughter and other charges in the deaths. Left: ...