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February 16, 2009

Blackwater Changes Name to Xe
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The private military contractor firm Blackwater Worldwide has decided to
change its name in attempt to rebrand the company’s image. Blackwater
will now operate under the name Xe, pronounced like the letter “z.”
Blackwater’s decision comes less than a month after the Iraqi government
announced it will refuse to renew Blackwater’s operating license. In
2007, Blackwater guards killed seventeen Iraqi civilians in an
unprovoked massacre in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square.



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