Blackwater: December 2011

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Blackwater: December 2011

'Gentlemen, We Shot a Judge' and Other Tales of Contractors' Rampage Through Iraq

December 13, 2011, 11:51AM

John Cook | Gawker

Every time a Blackwater centurion discharged his weapon in Iraq, the company filed a written report with the U.S. State Department. Blackwater shot Iraq to shit. Here are the reports.

Blackwater, the private mercenary firm that became synonymous with Bush-era war profiteering and reckless combat-tourism, announced yesterday that it has changed its name to Academi (after a previous incarnation as Xe Services) in a bid to distance itself from its history of wanton lawlessness. We've obtained a 4,500-page record of that history in the form of State Department incident reports documenting every time a Blackwater guard shot at an Iraqi between 2005 and 2007.

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Xe, Formerly Known As Blackwater, Changes Name To Academi

Ryan J. Reilly | December 12, 2011, 10:30AM

The company formerly known as Blackwater is now the company formerly known as Xe.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the security contractor is announcing it's switched its name to Academi, all part of an effort to be more "boring."