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State health officials have discovered West Nile Virus in Cambridge mosquito populations, and yesterday announced that two new human cases have been identified in Massachusetts. Three cases of human West Nile Virus had been found in Massachusetts earlier in the summer, but the new cases differed in that state health...
Prime minister Nouri al-Malaiki told the cabinet that the Iraqi government will continue to negotiate with the U.S. about Blackwater's future in country. At the same time, he expressed interest in "reducing and limiting the authority" of all security contractors in Iraq, not just Blackwater, the senior official...
TIME has obtained an incident report prepared by the U.S. government describing the fire fight Sunday. According to the incident report, the skirmish occurred at 12:08 p.m. on Sunday when, "the motorcade was engaged with small arms fire from several locations" as it moved through a neighborhood of west...
Some eyewitnesses said the fighting began after an explosion detonated near the U.S. convoy, but the incident report does not reflect that. The Blackwater official declared that, contrary to some reports from Iraq, "the convoy was violently attacked by armed insurgents, not civilians, and our people did their job, they...
Crocker added, "The capability and courage of the individuals who provide security under contract is worthy of respect of all Americans." As an example of the dangers faced by private security personnel in the country, he cited a Blackwater helicopter that crashed in Iraq last Monday. "One of Blackwater's...