Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder

Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam and that the company may have been involved in murders to suppress information from federal investigators. Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu - via Jamal Dajani, Markos Moulitsas, The Nation, Digg
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Subjects: Politics, U.S., Religion, World
Member Tags: Money and War, Privatized warlords, blackwater, murder
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 4, 2009 - 1:06 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 4, 2009

Scahill provides an excellent report of allegations against Prince of Blackwater including murder of witnesses, murder of Iraqis, arms smuggling, destruction of evidence, extreme racism, money laundering, and deploying unfit sociopaths to Iraq. The closeness of Prince to the Bush administration are barely mentioned, however.

Prince's attitude that ordinary morals do not apply to him, and his holy war against muslims, makes him sound like the military arm of the C Street ... More »

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by John Louden - Aug. 4, 2009

Covers all the bases, and I found no bias - just solid reporting.If anyone knows their way around the Blackwater maze, it's this author.

Blackwater is a law unto itself, both internationally and domestically. The question is why they operated with impunity. In addition to Blackwater, we should be questioning ... More »

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by Patricia Blochowiak - Aug. 5, 2009

Our government continues to pay for illegal acts in the Middle East.

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