War in Context (Free subscription) | 02/08/2010
The New York Times reports: An Iraqi militant group said it had abducted an American contractor, a day after the United States military reported that a contractor had been missing since Jan. 23. It would be the first reported kidnapping of an American in a year in Iraq. The militant group posted a video to back up [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
What is the connection between Erik Prince, owner of Blackwater/Xe, perhaps the world's largest private army, and David Prentice, Ph.D, widely-known opponent of embryonic stem...
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
Good news, I suppose, from both the 7th and 9th Congressional districts. Mark Schauer has outraised his entire field of competition , and so has Gary Peters . Meanwhile, from Ye Olde Inbox: Ann Arbor – The first candidates’ forum following the filing deadline in the 2010 race for governor will be held May 12 at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant sponsored by a partnership of the...
The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 01/26/2010
President Joe Biden has announced that American authorities will appeal against a court ruling dismissing manslaughter charges against five security guards from the Blackwater company accused of killing Iraqi civilians. The charges stemmed from an incident in Baghdad in 2007 when the guards opened fire in a crowded square, killing 17 Iraqis. The case was quashed because the judge ruled that testimony...
Ensaios Imperfeitos (Free subscription) | 01/20/2010
We saw this type of Iraq-style disaster profiteering in New Orleans, and you can expect to see a lot more of this in Haiti over the coming days, weeks and months. Private security companies are seeing big dollar signs in Haiti thanks in no small part to the media hype about "looters." After Katrina, the number of private security companies registered (and unregistered) multiplied overnight....
Tim Waygood- Articles and Rambling (Free subscription) | 01/20/2010
Haiti US Security Company Offers to Perform "High Threat Terminations" and to Confront "Worker Unrest" in Haiti ( 0 ) Print This ShareThis By Jeremy Scahill truthout Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010 We saw this type of Iraq-style disaster profiteering in New Orleans, and you can expect to see a lot more of this in Haiti over the coming days, weeks and months. Private security companies are...
MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 01/19/2010
Mike Cox has failed us with his fancy-pants lawyering ... time to mobilize the state militia! The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request by Michigan to slam shut two navigation locks that are the last physical barrier between the invading Asian carp and Lake Michigan. The court issued its announcement Tuesday with no explanation. Michigan led a five-state coalition to force the U.S. Army Corps of...
Aftermath News (Free subscription) | 01/14/2010
globalresearch.ca | Jan 13, 2010 by Michael Carmichael Blackwater is a corporation that provides mercenary soldiers and supporting security personnel to the US government. Erik Prince, the founder and owner of the now infamous US corporation, Blackwater, hails from Holland, Michigan where his family was both powerful and prominent in two institutions – (1) the Republican Party [...]
Black Listed News (Free subscription) | 01/14/2010
Erik Prince, the founder and owner of the now infamous US corporation, Blackwater, hails from Holland, Michigan where his family was both powerful and prominent in two institutions – (1) the Republican Party and (2) the evangelical Christian Church. After scandals hit his large and lucrative firm, Prince ordered a curious rebranding that changed its name to Xe.
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 01/09/2010
by Jeremy Scahill German prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that the CIA deployed a team of Blackwater operatives on a clandestine operation in Hamburg, Germany, after 9/11 ultimately aimed at assassinating a German citizen with suspected ties to Al Qaeda. The alleged assassination operation was revealed last month in a Vanity Fair profile of Blackwater's owner...
Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) | 01/09/2010
There are two types of large numbers we ought to be concerned about regarding Blackwater Worldwide: The large numbers in the contracts we're handing out to Erik Prince like boxed Christmas cards and the large numbers of people they've murdered with (so far) complete impunity. Several questions stand out about Blackwater, now cowering under the new brand name Xe, going after what is potentially a billion...
Welcome Back to Pottersville (Free subscription) | 01/09/2010
There are two types of large numbers we ought to be concerned about regarding Blackwater Worldwide: The large numbers in the contracts we're handing out to Erik Prince like boxed Christmas cards and the large numbers of people they've murdered with (so far) complete impunity. Several questions stand out about Blackwater, now cowering under the new brand name Xe, going after what is potentially a billion...
vishnu chand gupta (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
Hello Guys, Today I created a list of the top 30 earning websites in the world, for some of these websites, $50 million in revenue a day is just a typical day, crazy isn’t it? And it was all created in the last 10 or so years! I usually would do a write up about how the list rocks and why you should do it to but I think the figures speak for themselves, enjoy! 30 Websites That Make A Lot Of Money...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 01/07/2010
Charges come as Blackwater, now known as Xe, reaches compensation settlement over deaths of Iraqi civilians Two former guards with the security company Blackwater have been charged in the US with the murder of Afghan civilians in a case likely to reinforce accusations that the firm ran a rogue militia that showed a reckless disregard for human life. The charges follow the collapse of a case against...
University of Alberta Faculty of La (Free subscription) | 01/07/2010
Blackwater founder Erik Prince is in the news again. This time it stems from a compelling article that's in this month's Vanity Fair magazine - Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy - which profiles Prince and raises allegations that a CIA hit...
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