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Academi, formerly known as Blackwater, is an American private military contractor founded on December 26, 1996, [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]
355.3/540973 22. LC Class. DS79.76 .S322 2007. Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is a book written by independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, published by Nation Books in 2007, as a history and analysis of Blackwater USA, now called Constellis Holdings. It won one of the 2007 George Polk Awards.
Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman until its sale to a group of investors in 2010.
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 ...
Response. The ambush led to the First Battle of Fallujah, a U.S.-led operation to retake control of the city. However, the battle was halted mid-way for political reasons, an outcome which commentators have described as insurgent victory. [3] [4] [5] Seven months later, in November 2004, a second attempt at capturing the city, the Second Battle ...
Blackwater. (TV series) Blackwater is a Scandinavian television drama made for SVT and ITV Studios by Piv Bernth and Apple Tree Productions. It is an adaptation by Maren Louise Käehne and Karin Arrhenius of Kerstin Ekman 's 1993 novel of the same name. It is directed by Arrhenius and Mikael Marcimain, and stars Pernilla August.
Blackwater (coal), liquid waste from coal preparation. Black water (drink), a health drink. Blackwater (waste), wastewater containing feces, urine, and flushwater from flush toilets. Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease. Blackwater river, a classification of river with dark-colored waters.
The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating along the critical migration highway called the Atlantic Flyway. The refuge is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, just 12 mi (19 km) south of Cambridge, Maryland in Dorchester County, and consists of over 28,000 acres (110 km 2) of ...