A scathing article by Jeremy Scahill , author of the definitive book on the mercenary company once known as Blackwater, has appeared in The Nation , called Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan . The criminally-run firm is also waging war against Afghanistan and - this information is newly public - Uzbekistan. War has become immensely profitable for Blackwater, and its owner, Erik Prince, wants to destroy...
From Haaretz , today : Alleged Jewish terrorist: I know God is pleased The Jerusalem District Prosecutor's Office on Thursday charged alleged Jewish terrorist Yaakov (Jack) Teitel with two murders, three attempted murders and other acts of violence. "It was a pleasure and an honor to serve my God," said Teitel at the Jerusalem courthouse. "I have no regret and no doubt that God is pleased."...
Blackwater Used ‘Child Prostitutes in Iraq’ Source: Salem-News.com The criminal activities of the firm first came under scrutiny after a group of the firm’s members who were tasked to guard US diplomats in Iraq opened fire on civilians in Baghdad on September 2007, killing 17 people. Erik Prince Photo: PressTV (BAGHDAD PressTV) – New disturbing charges have emerged against XE,...
" ... perhaps the most urgent question is this: why does President Obama continue to use this company? ... " For all the scandal, the mercenary firm has escaped any severe legal sanction. That could now change Jeremy Scahill guardian.co.uk | 11 November 2009 The mercenary firm Blackwater has become a symbol of the utter lawlessness and criminality that permeates the privatised wing of the...
US security firm describes allegations by New York Times as 'baseless' Senior executives at Blackwater Worldwide, the US security company, approved secret payments of $1m (£600,000) to buy the silence of Iraqi officials after its guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007, it was alleged today. Blackwater, which changed its name to Xe in February, approved the cash in December 2007,...
Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the contractor sent $1 million to Iraq to pay off officials angry about fatal shootings, The New York Times reports. Iraq - Blackwater Worldwide - New York Times - United States - Erik Prince
But A.C.O.R.N. blah blah blah A.C.O.R.N.... this must not be told to the average (or in that case below-average) FoxNews viewer: Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians...
The Nation; In the aftermath of the 2007 Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad by operatives working for Blackwater, top company officials including then-president Gary Jackson "authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support," according to the New York Times. Seventeen Iraqis were killed and more than twenty...
what a bunch of sleazeballs... Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials. Blackwater approved the cash payments in December...
Gary Jackson, left, then the company president, approved bribes for Iraqi officials, former executives say. When Cofer Black, then the vice chairman, center, learned of the scheme, he reportedly confronted the chairman, Erik Prince, right. By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN NYT WASHINGTON — Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials...
Xe (formerly BlackWater Security) CEO Erik Prince told a Congressional panel his company's financial information was "private." The federal government provided over $500 million in annual contracts to his firm in 2007, the year of the hearing. Facing serious negotiating leverage, Eric didn't budge. Fast forward to 2009. Mrs. Alice Rogoff Rubenstein, founder of a charitable nonprofit to promote...
Ft. Hood has exposed a terrible wound in the fabric of America, but that wound was there long before a lone gunman named Major Hassan decided to go postal on his fellow soldiers. Our ethical and moral values have been obliterated since September 11, 2001. Racism is on the rise. Religious fundamentalism of the kind that justifies the slaughter of innocents and torture and inhumanity has reared its ugly...
Friday, October 23, 2009 : A federal judge has rejected a series of arguments by lawyers for the private military contractor Blackwater who were seeking to dismiss five war crimes cases brought by Iraqi victims against the company and its owner, Erik Prince. We speak to award-winning investigative journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent, Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's...
Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party By Max Blumenthal Hardcover: 416 pages, $25 Nation Books: New York September 2009 This isn't a book for the faint of heart. The deep underbelly of the Republican right is far weirder, and far more disturbing, than most observers recognize. The corruption, the sex scandals, the lust for power--it's all here, presented in a fast-moving...
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