Security company Blackwater expelled from Iraq.

KommentariiChastnaya Army Eric Prinsa02.10.2007Amerikanskuyu security company Blackwater blamed for numerous pravonarusheniyahVlasti Iraq barred American private security firm Blackwater Worldwide to provide security services in the country. The decision taken in accordance with the inmates in November 2008, agreements on which determine the range of security activities authorized by Western companies to the Government of Iraq, reports AFP.
The American embassy in Iraq confirmed the information.
The Iraqis have accused Blackwater Worldwide of wrongdoing and unmotivated violence. The most famous incident, resulting in a trial occurred in September 2007 in Baghdad. Then the staff of American security firm opened fire and shot dead 17 Iraqis peace.
Despite the fact that the FBI investigation revealed that in 14 cases, the guards use a weapon unlawfully and in violation of all existing rules, a federal court in Washington has acquitted them.
Founded in 1996, U.S. Erik Prins Blackwater rather quickly turned into a powerful "private army" of up to 21 thousand people, but the amount of its contracts by the year 2007 exceeded one billion dollars. According to the American media, a decisive role in the success of Prince played his connection to the Republican Party and George W. Bush 's administration.
In Iraq, the company has provided services for the protection of American diplomats and State Department officials. Number of Blackwater employees in this country has reached thousands of people. In addition to numerous cases of unmotivated violence, the company also was accused of smuggling weapons, which it imported into the country without having a license for this activity.