The company Blackwater became a name synonymous with untoward and wayward conduct in Iraq - kinda an unofficial lawless independent private"army" - during the Coalition of the Willing's attack on Iraq and thereafter.
It also became fairly clear that Blackwater was well connected to the cabal in the White House.
Thanks to some fine journalism by Jeremy Scahill, writing in The Nation, it is revealed that 2 of Blackwater's employees have implicated their boss of, or implicated in, facilitating some murders in Iraq:
"A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company's owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. The former employee also alleges that Prince "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe," and that Prince's companies "encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life."
In their testimony, both men also allege that Blackwater was smuggling weapons into Iraq. One of the men alleges that Prince turned a profit by transporting "illegal" or "unlawful" weapons into the country on Prince's private planes. They also charge that Prince and other Blackwater executives destroyed incriminating videos, emails and other documents and have intentionally deceived the US State Department and other federal agencies."
It also became fairly clear that Blackwater was well connected to the cabal in the White House.
Thanks to some fine journalism by Jeremy Scahill, writing in The Nation, it is revealed that 2 of Blackwater's employees have implicated their boss of, or implicated in, facilitating some murders in Iraq:
"A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company's owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. The former employee also alleges that Prince "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe," and that Prince's companies "encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life."
In their testimony, both men also allege that Blackwater was smuggling weapons into Iraq. One of the men alleges that Prince turned a profit by transporting "illegal" or "unlawful" weapons into the country on Prince's private planes. They also charge that Prince and other Blackwater executives destroyed incriminating videos, emails and other documents and have intentionally deceived the US State Department and other federal agencies."
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