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Blackwater consists of five separate units: Blackwater Training Center, Blackwater Target Systems, Blackwater Security Consulting, Blackwater Canine, and Raven Development Group. The Blackwater Training Center is the largest private firearms and tactical training center in the United States.<Ref>http://www.blackwaterusa.com/about/</reF>
Blackwater consists of five separate units: Blackwater Training Center, Blackwater Target Systems, Blackwater Security Consulting, Blackwater Canine, and Raven Development Group. The Blackwater Training Center is the largest private firearms and tactical training center in the United States.<Ref>http://www.blackwaterusa.com/about/</reF>
Blackwater was brought into the national spotlight when allegations stated that Blackwater employees had shot innocence civilians during a firefight in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], in September 2007. Blackwater founder, Erik Prince, appeared before the United States House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and stating that his company had a "record of honorable service" to the United States.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/blackwater.hearing/index.html</ref> Prince claims that in 16,000 missions in Iraq since 2005, Blackwater contractors have discharged their weapons fewer than 200 times. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/blackwater.hearing/index.html</ref>
Blackwater was brought into the national spotlight when allegations stated that Blackwater employees had shot innocent civilians during a firefight in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], in September 2007, and that this was a part of a greater problem involving a "cowboy culture" in Iraq. Blackwater founder, Erik Prince, appeared before the United States House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and stating that his company had a "record of honorable service" to the United States.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/blackwater.hearing/index.html</ref> Prince claims that in 16,000 missions in Iraq since 2005, Blackwater contractors have discharged their weapons fewer than 200 times. <ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/blackwater.hearing/index.html</ref>
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