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The Bulgarians were working as helicopter pilots, while the rest were working for Blackwater Security as PMCs. [65] American, Curtis Hundley, was killed by a roadside bomb near Ramadi. He was working for Blackwater Security as a PMC. Briton, Alan Parkin, was killed by a suicide bomber in Baghdad. He was working for Aegis Defence Services as a PMC.
Academi, formerly known as Blackwater and Blackwater Worldwide, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1997, [2] by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was renamed Xe Services in 2009, and was again renamed to Academi in 2011, after it was acquired by a group of private investors. [ 5 ]
Consulting. Formerly known as Blackwater and Xe and it is part of the Constellis Group. American International Security Corp: Woburn, MA: Dissolved Custer Battles: McLean, VA: Iraq and oil sector (at present, have ceased operations in Iraq) Dissolved Jorge Scientific Corporation: Arlington, VA: Consulting KBR: Houston, TX: Formerly a Division ...
The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now Constellis), a private military company contracted by the United States government to provide security services in Iraq, shot at Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad, while escorting a U.S. embassy convoy.
The 2004 Fallujah ambush occurred on March 31, 2004, when Iraqi insurgents attacked a convoy containing four American contractors from the private military company Blackwater USA who were conducting a delivery for food caterers ESS.
Triple Canopy, Inc., is an American private security company and private military company (PMC) that provides armed security, mission support, and risk management services to corporate and government clients.
The book details the rise of Blackwater USA, a private military company, and the growth of security contracting in the Iraq War and the War on Terrorism.In the book, Scahill contends that Blackwater exists as a mercenary force, and argues that Blackwater's rise is a consequence of the demobilization of the US military following the Cold War and its overextension in Iraq and Afghanistan.
June 13, 2007 – A United Arab Emirates PMC was captured in Helmand province; [41] he is still missing and presumed dead. [citation needed] July 19 – August 30, 2007 – Two South Korean aid workers were killed during a hostage crisis. [citation needed] July 28, 2007 – An American and a Nepalese PMC were killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul ...