Updated: added Democracy Now! interview
AntiwarRadio
August 02, 2009
http://antiwar.com/
http://antiwar.com/radio/Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the Worlds Most Powerful Mercenary Army, discusses the dwindling ranks of antiwar Democrats in Congress, the cruise missile liberals that support war in Darfur without questioning the aims of U.S. imperialism, the mercenary surge accompanying the troop surge in Afghanistan, the history of bipartisan executive assassination programs and the birther conspiracy theories that completely miss the point.
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Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
by Jeremy Scahill
http://www.thenation.com
Aug. 4, 2009
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.”
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Owner Of Blackwater Views Himself As Christian Crusader Eliminating Muslims From The Globe
HalbertisNewsBank on Aug 7, 2009
The boss of a private American security firm under investigation for murdering civilians in Iraq has been accused in court papers of seeking to wipe out Muslims. Blackwater founder Erik Prince views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe, according to a former employee.
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In Explosive Allegations, Ex-Employees Link Blackwater Founder to Murder, Threats
Democracy Now!
Aug 5, 2009
In sworn statements, two ex-employees claim Blackwater’s owner, Erik Prince, murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. One also charged Prince “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe.” We speak with investigative journalist and bestselling author Jeremy Scahill, who broke the story for The Nation magazine. [includes rush transcript]
Jeremy Scahill, award-winning investigative journalist and author of the bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. His writing and reporting is available at RebelReports.com. His latest article is online at TheNation.com.
video & transcript: In Explosive Allegations, Ex-Employees Link Blackwater Founder to Murder, Threats
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Very important post.
Scahill is brilliant, singular and largely alone in exposing the fallacy of american murderous foreign policy.
Nonexistent anti-war movement, silly ‘birthers’, stupid fat murderous fundamentalist, anti-intelligent americans. This is a bad, backward, ugly culture to its core. It’s the people who are responsible for all of this, not obama.
If they cared about the victims of our war machine, or even had an issue with bogus federal expenditures (i.e. the military, not healthcare!), they’d dissent, but they don’t so they won’t.