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September 2, 2009

Report: US Extends Blackwater Contract in Iraq
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ABC News, meanwhile, is reporting the Obama administration has extended
the private military firm Blackwater’s contract in Iraq. The State
Department will reportedly continue to use Blackwater to transport
embassy officials around Iraqi areas. The contract was due to expire
this month. Its extension is said to be indefinite until another deal
with the military firm Dyn Corp is enacted. The news comes just two
weeks before the second anniversary of the Baghdad killings of seventeen
innocent Iraqis by Blackwater guards.



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