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Iraq 'expels Blackwater guards'

Iraq has asked 250 current and former employees of US security firm Blackwater to leave, a minister says.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/8509475.stm - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:21 GMT

Biden pledges Blackwater appeal

US Vice-President Joe Biden, in Baghdad, promises an appeal against the dismissal of the Blackwater manslaughter case.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/8476794.stm - Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:07 GMT

Ex-Blackwater men's murder charge

Two former Blackwater guards are charged with murder over the shooting of two Afghans in 2009.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8446987.stm - Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:48 GMT

Iraq attacks US Blackwater move

Iraq angrily criticises the dismissal of charges against five guards from US security firm Blackwater accused of killing 17 civilians.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/8437092.stm - Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:25 GMT

CIA cancels Blackwater contract

The CIA cancels a contract with US private security firm Blackwater for its role in drone aircraft attacks in Pakistan.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/8409358.stm - Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:38 GMT

Blackwater 'hired for CIA plot'

The CIA hired US private security firm Blackwater to help track and kill senior al-Qaeda figures, the New York Times reports.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/8211088.stm - Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:47 GMT

Blackwater Baghdad operations end

The controversial US security company formerly known as Blackwater has ended its operations in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/8038549.stm - Thu, 07 May 2009 16:43 GMT

Iraq ends licence for Blackwater

Iraq will not renew the licence of US security firm Blackwater, involved in an incident in 2007 in which civilians were killed.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/7857844.stm - Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:24 GMT

Blackwater guards plead innocence

Five employees of US security firm Blackwater plead not guilty in a US court to the manslaughter of 17 Iraqis in 2007.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/7814747.stm - Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:34 GMT

Blackwater 'could lose Iraq role'

Blackwater could be denied a licence to operate in Iraq, so the US must find new ways to protect its diplomats, US media report.

news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/7788641.stm - Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:03 GMT

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