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Blackwater to change name to 'Xe'Associated Press
Friday February 13, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. - Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name. Blackwater officials said Friday its family of two dozen business will now operate under the name Xe (zee), pronounced like the letter "z."

Edit: Please click through to read the entire article. No matter how many times I've asked Max nicely he still can't understand this simple concept - no cutting and pasting entire articles from other sites. Also, for the rest of you, we refrain from allowing diaries that are simply cut and pastes with no text of your own. This is an important story and it is too bad that Max, who has a lot of knowledge, couldn't offer a legitimate critique. - Robert P.

Additional edit - this story has already been posted and discussed twice before. - Betsy

NC based "private security company" Blackwater Security is changing it's name to "XE" (pronounced "zee") in an effort to rebrand itself in the wake of their horrendous publicity.

Blackwater President Gary Jackson said in a memo to employees of the North Carolina-based company that the new name reflects the change in company focus away from the business of providing private security.

Spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell says the company felt the Blackwater name was too closely tied to its security work in Iraq.

I wonder if putting lipstick on this pig will work?

Blackwater international is dead! They are gone never to be seen again!

Whoops, I misspoke, all they did was changed their name.....Now they are Xe pronouzed ZZZZZZZZZZ as in ZEROs.

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/blackwater-changes-brand-name-xe

Poor Erik Prince. The mean old Iraqis are refusing to give Blackwater a license to operate a mercenary army in their country.

“They presented their request, and we rejected it,” said Ala’a Al-Taia, an official with Iraq’s Interior Ministry. “There is no longer the necessity to renew their contract because our security forces can handle their mission. There are many marks against this company, specifically that they have a bad history and have been involved in the killing of so many civilians.”

Too bad our own government doesn't have the same clarity of judgment.

A recent report from the State Department's Inspector General is recommending that Blackwater's contract not be renewed after it expires next year.

An internal State Department report says Blackwater Worldwide may lose its license to work in Iraq and recommends that the agency prepare alternative means to protect its diplomats there.

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