Report: Blackwater OK'd $1M plan to pay off Iraqis

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Tue, 11/10/2009 - 19:36

Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

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