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Falluja lawsuit: Blackwater families settle case (BBC)
Families of four US men killed in a notorious ambush in Iraq in 2004 have settled a long-running lawsuit with the security firm they worked for.
The four employees of Blackwater, which has since been renamed Academi, were shot, beaten and burned to death in the flash-point city of Falluja.
Two of their bodies were hung from a bridge in an act which shocked America and triggered an assault on the city.
Blackwater was accused of exposing them to high risk without proper protection.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16453799
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/families-dead-blackwater-contractors-settle-suit
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Falluja lawsuit: Blackwater families settle case (BBC) (Original Post)
eppur_se_muova
Jan 2012
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sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)1. Founder of Blackwater moves to Abu-Dhabi to avoid extradition.
Suich
(10,642 posts)2. I didn't know they changed their name to Academi.
I thought they were called Xe.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)3. Under new management, got a new name.
Whether the new management is just a paperwork change or not might be open to debate...