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5 Aug 2009

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CNN

Ex-guards' statements implicate Blackwater founder in Iraq crimes

Two former Blackwater employees have made statements against Blackwater Worldwide and its founder Erik Prince, accusing the security company and its former CEO of murder and other serious crimes in Iraq, according to court documents filed this week...Blackwater, recently renamed Xe, issued a statement...saying it would respond "to the anonymous unsubstantiated and offensive assertions put forward by the plaintiffs," in a brief to be filed August 17..."It is obvious that Plaintiffs have chosen to slander Mr. Prince rather than raise legal arguments or actual facts that will be considered by a court of law. We are happy to engage them there," the company statement said. "We question the judgment of anyone who relies upon and [reiterates] anonymous declarations."

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USA: New court documents implicate Blackwater founder Erik Prince in murder

Blackwater USA lawsuit (re 16 Sep 2007 Baghdad incident)