By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 29, 2009
The founder of Blackwater USA deliberately caused the deaths of innocent civilians in a series of shootings in Iraq, attorneys for Iraqis suing the security contractor told a federal judge Friday.
The attorneys singled out Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL who is the company’s owner, for blame in the deaths of more than 20 Iraqis between 2005 and 2007. Six former Blackwater guards were criminally charged in 14 of the shootings, and family members and victims’ estates sued Prince, Blackwater now called Xe Services LLC and a group of related companies.
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via Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Accused in U.S. District Court of Intent to Kill – washingtonpost.com
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The U.S. Invades and Occupies Pakistan By Talha Mujaddidi
CIA Hired Private Military Firm Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program
It’s about fucking time. That bastard had it coming from the time he first thought of establishing a team of assassins, or more accurately crusaders, for hire.
Nobody notices the huge number of Blackwater operatives at work overseas, their deaths aren’t even tallied with the other US soldiers. It really masks the scope of the thing.