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Show Customer Service ! Newsroom !f, 375-510- 3 THE Toll free Home Delivery CLASSIFIED Delivery by 6 a.m. Mon-Fr- i ASSOCIATED PRESS The number BAGHDAD of American troops and Iraqi civilians killed in the war fell in September to levels not seen in more than a year. The U.S. military said the tower count was at least partly a result of new strategies and 30,000 ad- Advertising 3 2007 Steven R.Jiurst 0 . At other times, NEWS TIPS: On nights and weekends, call contact an editor above. 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Postmaster: Send address was 64, the lowest September Thm, fn, Sat, Sun & Holidays changes to The Daily.Herald, P.O. since July 2006, according to . 84603-0717Box 717, Provo, Utah Thursday Only figures compiled by The AsSunday Only sociated Press from death anThur. Sun & Holidays. MEMBER, AUDIT BUREAU nouncements by the American OF CIRCULATIONS command and Pentagon. 'Holiday delivery includes delivery Press HADI MIZBANAssociated the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, More dramatic, however, Independence Day. Pioneer Day, in Shula the distributed ofjice receive children to All contents Copyright civiland women aid, in their by decline 2007, was the queue Iraqi Iraqi Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas office donated food to Dally Herald. Any reproduction or and New Year's Day. ian, police and military deaths. neighborhood, northwestern Baghdad, Iraq, on AJonday. The other use is strictly prohibited victims of sectarian violence. The figure was 988 in Septemwithout written permission. ber 50 percent lower than the previous month and the lowed American forces to step Gen. David Petraeus argued lowest tally since June 2006, Iraq deaths down before a divided Congress that up operations against when 847 Iraqis died. Correction The number of deaths in Iraq more time was needed for Iraq in Iraq and other iasurgent and The Iraqi death count is condeclined in September, with 63 militia from to begin seeing results sidered a minimum based on fighters. I In a story titled "Utah County gay couple fight DCFS U.S. soldiers and 988 civilian AP reporting. The actual num- President Bush's dispatch of Anthony H. Cordesman, forfor custody of children" in Saturday's Daily Herald, the lives lost. mer director of intelligence asan additional 30,000 forces to ber is likely higher, as many name of Michael Valdez was misspelled. U.S. soldier deaths, 2007 and the at sessment Pentagon killings go unreported. pacify Baghdad and surround150 Nevertheless, the heartening ing regions. analyst with the private Center The Doily Herald wants its news reports to be fair and 125 for Strategic and International On Monday they issued an numbers emerged just three accurate. We do our best to identify and correct all errors: Studies in Washington, said the weeks after U.S. Ambassador unusual joint statement to the Ryan Crocker and commander Iraqi people that credited them decline in violent deaths was a for the decline in violence. positive trend that does seem H to be related to the increase in "We must maintain the moA S J F M A M mentum that together we have U.S. forces. 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No agents. 5 5 or MJ:'i to 3:lt::l'l illi:t:l ll lit (i, " :li 'MllH. llll ' ijj;i 'i(;it t'l'ljlli'l i:1ii '111 illll THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -4 Santaquin 3bd, 2ba, provide Blackwater fired 122 security guards for weapons violations, drugs, alcohol 7 2 Shop floor processing with Integration work to Level II a plus. Ability to work closely and effec- CALL TODAY! enced processor. FT. Salary commission. Contact 'lill www.heraldexlra.com . yelowpages WASHINGTON Black- - water USA is an outfit indifferent to Iraqi civilian casualties, according to a critical report released Mon- day by a key congressional ' afguards acted in ter the convoy came under attack. Iraqi witnesses have said the shooting was unprovoked. The FBI team was sent at the request of the State Department and its findings will be reviewed for possible criminal does not remain at the scene to determine if the shots resulted in casualties," according to the liability. Blackwater guards provide protective services for U.S. The 122 personnel terminated by Blackwater is roughly of the work force that Blackwater has in Iraq, contractors sought to cover a ratio that raises questions about the quality of the people up a June 2005 shooting of an Iraqi man and the company working for the company. The only punishment for paid, with State Department approval, the families of others in- those dismissed was the termiadvertently killed by its guards. nation of their contracts with Blackwater has had to fire Blackwater, says the report, dozens of guards over the past which uses information from three years for problems rang- Black water's own files and State Department records. ing from misuse of weapons, alcohol and drug violations, The report, prepared by the inappropriate conduct and vio- majority staff of the commitlent behavior, says the tee, also says Blackwater has been involved in 195 shooting report from the House Oversight and Government Reform incidents since 2005, or roughCommittee. ly 1.4 per week. Just after the report was In more than 80 percent of released, The Associated Press the incidents, called "escalation learned the Federal Bureau of of force," Blackwater's guards Investigation is sending a team fired the first shots even to Iraq to investigate an incithough the company's contract dent that has angered the Iraqi with the State Department calls for it to use defensive government. On Sept. 16, 11 Iraqis were force only, it said. killed in a shoot-ou- t "In the vast majority of ininvolving Blackwater guards protecting stances in which Blackwater a U.S. diplomatic convoy in fired shots, Blackwater is firBaghdad. Blackwater says its ing from a moving vehicle and committee, Among the most serious charges against the prominent security firm is that Blackwater report. The staff report says Black-wathas made huge sums of money despite its questionable performance in Iraq, where diplomatic personnel. Blackwater has earned more than $ 1 billion from federal contracts since 2001, when it had less than $1 million in government work. Overall, the State Department paid Black-watmore than $832 million between 2004 and 2006 for security work, according to the report. Blackwater bills the U.S. government $1,222 per day for a single "protective security specialist," the report says. That works out to $445,891 on an annual basis, far higher than it would cost the military to provide the same service. Blackwater, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Moyock, N.C., is the largest of the State Department's three private security contractors. The others are Dyncorp and Triple Canopy, both based in Washington's northern Virginia suburbs. According to the report, Blackwater has had more shooting incidents than the other two companies combined. |
