Feb 14 2009
Blackwater Worldwide renamed Xe as company tries to salvage its tarnished brand
US Security Firm Mired in Iraq Controversy Changes Its Name
Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticised work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe. The parent company’s new name is pronounced like the letter z.
Blackwater Worldwide’s headquarters is [...]
Jan 7 2009
Raw Aftermath : 40 Palestinians Killed In IAF Strike On UN School.
Dozens of civilians killed in Gaza: Palestinians reported Tuesday that dozens of people have been killed since the afternoon hours in three separate Israel Air Force strikes on civilian targets.
Sources in the Strip reported that at least 40 civilians were killed in an attack on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees [...]