Blackwater's World Of Warcraft

Mother Jones by Bruce Falconer, Daniel Schulman | Mar. 20, 2008 (News Report)

When Blackwater founder Erik Prince took his seat before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last October, in the midst of a firestorm over the killing of 17 civilians in Baghdad by his contractors the previous month, the 38-year-old was at the helm of a fast-growing global business ... He extolled his men's professionalism--"I believe we acted appropriately at all times"--and bristled at the term most commonly used to describe his line ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Business, Extra
Topics: Terrorism, War, War in Iraq
Member Tags: greystone, contractors prince group llc, federal contracts, José Miguel Pizarro
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Posted by: Posted by Beth Jones - Mar 23, 2008 - 3:52 AM PDT
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 by Beth Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

Leave it to MoJo to turn over the right rocks and shed some light onto the shadowy, secretive world of international mercenaries. And lots more must come to light before we can adequately deal with this burgeoning threat to international peace, for what is to keep such "businesses" from working as hired terrorists? It would seem that that is what is already happening. But since they're making a tidy profit from it, Prince and his merry band of hired guns think that makes it OK.

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