Blackwater Joined CIA Raids In Iraq And Afghanistan, Sources Say -- L.A. Times
The private security firm's role sometimes went beyond its contract with the CIA, the sources say.
Washington - Highly trained personnel employed with the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide sometimes operated side by side with CIA field officers in Iraq and Afghanistan as the agency undertook missions to kill or capture members of insurgent groups in those countries, according to a former government official and a source familiar with the operations.
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