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Xe is the Problem

Keeping the corporation formerly known as Blackwater out of Skunk Hollow.

By Jenny Tomkins

At first glance, it appears that 2009 didn’t start so well for the military contractor Xe, until February known as Blackwater Worldwide. In January, with multiple other lawsuits pending, six of its former employees went on trial for the death of 17 Iraqi civilians in September 2007 in Nisoor Square, Baghdad. And in March, its contract in Iraq, where it has… return to article

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