Blackwater ends Iraq operation

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May 7 marked the end of the Blackwater contract work for the State Department. Triple Canopy, one of two other private security firms on the State Dept. “WPPS” contract, took over their work, garnering $1 billion in new task orders.

AFP reports that

Linked agreements such as that for Presidential Airways, part of Blackwater that operates helicopter escorts throughout the country for secure air travel, will expire soon.

Without Blackwater in the operation, I doubt there will be spectacular problems like the onesĀ  Blackwater experienced.

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