Showing posts with label Erik Prince. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Erik Prince. Show all posts
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Black Ops Mercenaries servicing the Canadian military
The Nation Magazine - September 15, 2010
by Jeremy Scahill
The article at:
http://www.thenation.com/article/154739/blackwaters-black-ops
Interview:
by Jeremy Scahill
The article at:
http://www.thenation.com/article/154739/blackwaters-black-ops
Interview:
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Blackwater official forgets the "invisible death threat" and goes on on camera?
As CNN cameras roll, protester hears death threat from former Blackwater employee during a break of a Senate Armed Services hearing , CapitoL Hill, USA .
(Blackwater Company has changed its name to "XE" or also "Paravant" as p/request of Raytheon Company ) .
So......Just go to the next question: "how will his death be:contamination w/some fatal element, accidental poisoning , heart attack , or will he commit suicide by hanging himsel"?
More at
"The Washington Independent" Feb 25, 2010 (HERE)
http://washingtonindependent.com/77666/code-pink-member-claims-blackwater-employee-threatened-her-lifeExtract:
"CODEPINK activist Tighe Barry was attending the hearing and was shocked about the criminal behavior of Blackwater contractors that included stealing weapons, reckless use of weapons, drinking on the job, violating rules of their contracts, defrauding the US government and disregarding local Afghan laws. “During the recess in the hearing, I spoke out about the shameful actions of Blackwater personnel that led to the death of Afghan civilians and their own fellow employees. Johnnie Walker, as he was leaving the hearing room, turned to me—within earshot of the U.S. Capitol Policeman Angel Morales–and said, “I’m gonna kill YOU.”
More on Blackwater: Blackwater in Kabul, or Eric Cartman Gets an AK-47:
In the past video video and article at The Raw Story were (HERE)
http://rawstory.com/2010/02/code-pink-protester-blackwater-threatened-me/
As CNN cameras roll, protester hears death threat from former Blackwater employee during a break of a Senate Armed Services hearing , CapitoL Hill, USA .
(Blackwater Company has changed its name to "XE" or also "Paravant" as p/request of Raytheon Company ) .
So......Just go to the next question: "how will his death be:contamination w/some fatal element, accidental poisoning , heart attack , or will he commit suicide by hanging himsel"?
More at
"The Washington Independent" Feb 25, 2010 (HERE)
http://washingtonindependent.com/77666/code-pink-member-claims-blackwater-employee-threatened-her-life Extract:
"CODEPINK activist Tighe Barry was attending the hearing and was shocked about the criminal behavior of Blackwater contractors that included stealing weapons, reckless use of weapons, drinking on the job, violating rules of their contracts, defrauding the US government and disregarding local Afghan laws. “During the recess in the hearing, I spoke out about the shameful actions of Blackwater personnel that led to the death of Afghan civilians and their own fellow employees. Johnnie Walker, as he was leaving the hearing room, turned to me—within earshot of the U.S. Capitol Policeman Angel Morales–and said, “I’m gonna kill YOU.”
More on Blackwater: Blackwater in Kabul, or Eric Cartman Gets an AK-47:
Wired Magazine - Feb 24, 2010 -:(HERE)http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/blackwater-in-kabul-or-eric-cartman-gets-an-ak-47/#ixzz0gZsloXgg
(Blackwater Company has changed its name to "XE" or also "Paravant" as p/request of Raytheon Company ) .
So......Just go to the next question: "how will his death be:contamination w/some fatal element, accidental poisoning , heart attack , or will he commit suicide by hanging himsel"?
More at
"The Washington Independent" Feb 25, 2010 (HERE)
http://washingtonindependent.com/77666/code-pink-member-claims-blackwater-employee-threatened-her-lifeExtract:
"CODEPINK activist Tighe Barry was attending the hearing and was shocked about the criminal behavior of Blackwater contractors that included stealing weapons, reckless use of weapons, drinking on the job, violating rules of their contracts, defrauding the US government and disregarding local Afghan laws. “During the recess in the hearing, I spoke out about the shameful actions of Blackwater personnel that led to the death of Afghan civilians and their own fellow employees. Johnnie Walker, as he was leaving the hearing room, turned to me—within earshot of the U.S. Capitol Policeman Angel Morales–and said, “I’m gonna kill YOU.”
More on Blackwater: Blackwater in Kabul, or Eric Cartman Gets an AK-47:
Wired Magazine - Feb 24, 2010 -:(HERE)http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/blackwater-in-kabul-or-eric-cartman-gets-an-ak-47/#ixzz0gZsloXgg
In the past video video and article at The Raw Story were (HERE)
http://rawstory.com/2010/02/code-pink-protester-blackwater-threatened-me/
As CNN cameras roll, protester hears death threat from former Blackwater employee during a break of a Senate Armed Services hearing , CapitoL Hill, USA .
(Blackwater Company has changed its name to "XE" or also "Paravant" as p/request of Raytheon Company ) .
So......Just go to the next question: "how will his death be:contamination w/some fatal element, accidental poisoning , heart attack , or will he commit suicide by hanging himsel"?
More at
"The Washington Independent" Feb 25, 2010 (HERE)
http://washingtonindependent.com/77666/code-pink-member-claims-blackwater-employee-threatened-her-life Extract:
"CODEPINK activist Tighe Barry was attending the hearing and was shocked about the criminal behavior of Blackwater contractors that included stealing weapons, reckless use of weapons, drinking on the job, violating rules of their contracts, defrauding the US government and disregarding local Afghan laws. “During the recess in the hearing, I spoke out about the shameful actions of Blackwater personnel that led to the death of Afghan civilians and their own fellow employees. Johnnie Walker, as he was leaving the hearing room, turned to me—within earshot of the U.S. Capitol Policeman Angel Morales–and said, “I’m gonna kill YOU.”
More on Blackwater: Blackwater in Kabul, or Eric Cartman Gets an AK-47:
Wired Magazine - Feb 24, 2010 -:(HERE)http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/02/blackwater-in-kabul-or-eric-cartman-gets-an-ak-47/#ixzz0gZsloXgg
Friday, January 8, 2010
BLACKWATER MERCENARIES (now "XE") ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Does American Congress matter for USA Military and Blackwater ("Xe Services")’s Assassins?
ASSASSINS FOR HIRE - USA MILITARY STRATEGIES:
"Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan"
Article published on November 23, 2009 - The Nation - HERE
Extracts:
"They make much more money being the smarts of these operations, planning hits in various countries and basing it off their experience in Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia, Ethiopia," said the military intelligence source. "They were there for all of these things, they know what the hell they're talking about. And JSOC has unfortunately lost the institutional capability to plan within, so they hire back people that used to work for them and had already planned and executed these [types of] operations. They hired back people that jumped over to Blackwater SELECT and then pay them exorbitant amounts of money to plan future operations. It's a ridiculous revolving door."
"Colonel Wilkerson said that he is concerned that with General McChrystal's elevation as the military commander of the Afghan war--which is increasingly seeping into Pakistan--there is a concomitant rise in JSOC's power and influence within the military structure. "I don't see how you can escape that; it's just a matter of the way the authority flows and the power flows, and it's inevitable, I think," Wilkerson told The Nation. He added, "I'm alarmed when I see execute orders and combat orders that go out saying that the supporting force is Central Command and the supported force is Special Operations Command," under which JSOC operates. "That's backward. But that's essentially what we have today."
"There's no real oversight. It's not really on people's radar screen."
"Contractors and especially JSOC personnel working under a classified mandate are not [overseen by Congress], so they just don't care. If there's one person they're going after and there's thirty-four people in the building, thirty-five people are going to die. That's the mentality."
"According to federal lobbying records, Kestral recently hired former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, who served in that post from 2003 to 2005, to lobby the US government, including the State Department, USAID and Congress, on foreign affairs issues "regarding [Kestral's] capabilities to carry out activities of interest to the United States." Noriega was hired through his firm, Vision Americas, which he runs with Christina Rocca, a former CIA operations official who served as assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs from 2001 to 2006 and was deeply involved in shaping US policy toward Pakistan. In October 2009, Kestral paid Vision Americas $15,000 and paid a Vision Americas-affiliated firm, Firecreek Ltd., an equal amount to lobby on defense and foreign policy issues."
INTERVIEW :
"Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan"
Article published on November 23, 2009 - The Nation - HERE
Extracts:
"They make much more money being the smarts of these operations, planning hits in various countries and basing it off their experience in Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia, Ethiopia," said the military intelligence source. "They were there for all of these things, they know what the hell they're talking about. And JSOC has unfortunately lost the institutional capability to plan within, so they hire back people that used to work for them and had already planned and executed these [types of] operations. They hired back people that jumped over to Blackwater SELECT and then pay them exorbitant amounts of money to plan future operations. It's a ridiculous revolving door."
"Colonel Wilkerson said that he is concerned that with General McChrystal's elevation as the military commander of the Afghan war--which is increasingly seeping into Pakistan--there is a concomitant rise in JSOC's power and influence within the military structure. "I don't see how you can escape that; it's just a matter of the way the authority flows and the power flows, and it's inevitable, I think," Wilkerson told The Nation. He added, "I'm alarmed when I see execute orders and combat orders that go out saying that the supporting force is Central Command and the supported force is Special Operations Command," under which JSOC operates. "That's backward. But that's essentially what we have today."
"There's no real oversight. It's not really on people's radar screen."
"Contractors and especially JSOC personnel working under a classified mandate are not [overseen by Congress], so they just don't care. If there's one person they're going after and there's thirty-four people in the building, thirty-five people are going to die. That's the mentality."
"According to federal lobbying records, Kestral recently hired former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, who served in that post from 2003 to 2005, to lobby the US government, including the State Department, USAID and Congress, on foreign affairs issues "regarding [Kestral's] capabilities to carry out activities of interest to the United States." Noriega was hired through his firm, Vision Americas, which he runs with Christina Rocca, a former CIA operations official who served as assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs from 2001 to 2006 and was deeply involved in shaping US policy toward Pakistan. In October 2009, Kestral paid Vision Americas $15,000 and paid a Vision Americas-affiliated firm, Firecreek Ltd., an equal amount to lobby on defense and foreign policy issues."
INTERVIEW :
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Making a killing: War Profiteers join at the "International Peace Operations Association"
Aired October 27, 2009
MORE AT:
BLACKWATER: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenaries - By Jeremy Scahill
and at:Not Blackwater but Xe
http://www.thespywhobilledme.com/the_spy_who_billed_me/2009/02/not-blackwater-but-xe-as-in-xena-warrior-princess.html
MORE AT:
BLACKWATER: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenaries - By Jeremy Scahill
and at:Not Blackwater but Xe
http://www.thespywhobilledme.com/the_spy_who_billed_me/2009/02/not-blackwater-but-xe-as-in-xena-warrior-princess.html
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Xe Services and US Training Center are actually the same mercenary "Blackwater", Erik Prince's Army
Is Erik Prince, Blackwater's owner, going to eliminate Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe ???
Two former Blackwater employees alleged in sworn statements filed in federal court said that , Erik Prince, “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe"...
More on scandal-plagued mercenary firm Blackwater which now does business as Xe Services and US Training Center at :
Two former Blackwater employees alleged in sworn statements filed in federal court said that , Erik Prince, “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe"...
More on scandal-plagued mercenary firm Blackwater which now does business as Xe Services and US Training Center at :
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Thursday, August 20, 2009
CIA Hires Blackwater for Torture, Assassinations
BLACKWATER: CIA ASSASSINS? http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090831/scahill1
THE AMERICAN WAY: DENIABILITY - handing people to the Syrians or the Egyptians or others and saying: - 'We're not torturing people.
Article: The Nation Magazine - August 20, 2009 - Blackwater: CIA Assassins? by Jeremy Scahill - [retrieved August 20, 2009]
THE AMERICAN WAY: DENIABILITY - handing people to the Syrians or the Egyptians or others and saying: - 'We're not torturing people.
Article: The Nation Magazine - August 20, 2009 - Blackwater: CIA Assassins? by Jeremy Scahill - [retrieved August 20, 2009]
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
ERIK PRINCE, PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTOR IMPLICATED IN MURDER IN FEDERAL COURT - Virginia, August 3, 2009
IN FEDERAL COURT in VIRGINIA, on August 3rd 2009:
Former employees of the private military contractor formerly known as Blackwater, filed sworn statements stating that Erik Prince, Blackwater's owner and CEO, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. Blackwater now operates under the name "XE". The correct spell is "X- E" , not Shea .
One also alleges that Prince, quote, “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe,” and that Prince’s companies, quote, “encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life.”
His latest article is online at TheNation.com.
INTERVIEW:
Former employees of the private military contractor formerly known as Blackwater, filed sworn statements stating that Erik Prince, Blackwater's owner and CEO, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. Blackwater now operates under the name "XE". The correct spell is "X- E" , not Shea .
One also alleges that Prince, quote, “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe,” and that Prince’s companies, quote, “encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life.”
His latest article is online at TheNation.com.
INTERVIEW:
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