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The article comments on the testimony given to the U.S. Congress by Erik Prince, owner and chief executive of private military contractor Blackwater USA. Concern about Blackwater and other private security companies operating in Iraq was heightened after Blackwater security personnel allegedly shot numerous civilians during a firefight in Baghdad, angering the Iraqi government. The article says such companies and their employees are insufficiently accountable.

The article reports that Blackwater USA, the world's largest private army, could be finished. In October 2007, Chief executive officer Erik Prince has had to answer to questions that Blackwater soldiers killed 17 Nisour Square, Iraq civilians. An attorney involved in the case, Susan Burke, declared that Blackwater personnel were not provoked and had no reason to fire on the civilians.