Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:14:12 GMT

New disturbing charges have emerged against XE, the infamous private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, whose operations came under spotlight after its 2007 carnage in Baghdad.

According to a report by MSNBC and based on alleged sworn declarations by two Blackwater employees in federal court, the firm used child prostitutes at its compound in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.

The declarations added Iraqi minors got involve in sexual acts with Blackwater members in exchange for one dollar and Erik Prince, the firm's owner, "failed to stop the ongoing use of prostitutes, including child prostitutes, by his men."

Based on other statements, the firm was involved in another sex scandal; "Prince's North Carolina operations had an ongoing wife-swapping and sex ring, which was participated in by many of Mr. Prince's top executives."

The two employees also alleged that Prince "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe," The Nation reported.

Prince also allegedly forced health professional to endorse the redeployment of those Blackwater members who had been mental problems, such as excessive drinking and drug abuse.

Other charges against the firm include arms smuggling, money laundering and tax evasion.

The criminal activities of the firm first came under scrutiny after a group of the firm's members who were tasked to guard US diplomats in Iraq opened fire on civilians in Baghdad on September 2007, killing 17 people.

According to federal contract data obtained by The Nation, the Obama administration has recently extended a contract with Blackwater for more than $20 million for "security services" in Iraq.

SB/MD
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=102887&sectionid=3510203

----------------------------------------
And all of this controversy circles me
And it seems like the media immediately points a finger at me
So I point one back at 'em
But not the index or the pinky or the ring or the thumb
It's the one you put up when you don't give a ****
When you won't just put up with the bull**** they pull
Cause they full of **** too

It sounds more like they're trying to see if they can commit every sin/illegal act in the book and get away with it.


------------------------------
#Neda
------------------------------
_{I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -- Stephen Roberts}


------------------------------

If there is any truth to this (and I've got a sick feeling in my stomach that there is) I really hope that they crucify this guy and the like.



[IMG][/IMG]

why would they use mercenaries in the first place?

--------------------------
"A drowning man is not troubled by rain" Persian Proverb



"You should not be afraid of the ideology but of the determination and will of the men behind it"

""Scahill also argues that Blackwater's leadership was motivated by a right-wing christian ideology, and that Erik Prince it's founder is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a catholic military order which was founded during the crusades.""

That's some crazy sh1t.

--------------------------
"A drowning man is not troubled by rain" Persian Proverb



"You should not be afraid of the ideology but of the determination and will of the men behind it"

Why is PressTV the only one reporting this?

Siege of Tobruk - One German POW said: "I cannot understand you Australians. In Poland, France, and Belgium, once the tanks got through the soldiers took it for granted that they were beaten. But you are like demons. The tanks break through and your infantry still keep fighting." Rommel wrote of seeing "a batch of some fifty or sixty Australian prisoners ... marched off close behind usimmensely big and powerful men, who without question represented an elite formation of the British Empire, a fact that was also evident in battle."


"As a Internet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

Why is PressTV the only one reporting this?


The origional news was reported by MSNBC first

why would they use mercenaries in the first place?


Mercenaries can do the same thing for a much higher price, so through various methods of bribery they would get hired. Also they aren't subject to the same kind of oversight as regular soldiers, so they can do the dirty work without being caught.

.

""Scahill also argues that Blackwater's leadership was motivated by a right-wing christian ideology, and that Erik Prince it's founder is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a catholic military order which was founded during the crusades.""

Freemasonry descendants that came from remnants of the Crusaders...

"If we do [what Hezbollah accomplished], this Israeli army full of gay soldiers and full of corruption and with old-fashioned war methods can be defeated also in Palestine."

Freemasons have no origin from the crusades, nor do they even acknowledge a Semitic God, but a God.

@ Arsenal

Thanks.

Siege of Tobruk - One German POW said: "I cannot understand you Australians. In Poland, France, and Belgium, once the tanks got through the soldiers took it for granted that they were beaten. But you are like demons. The tanks break through and your infantry still keep fighting." Rommel wrote of seeing "a batch of some fifty or sixty Australian prisoners ... marched off close behind usimmensely big and powerful men, who without question represented an elite formation of the British Empire, a fact that was also evident in battle."


"As a Internet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

When I was younger I remember reading some articles proposing the creation of a US version of the French and Spanish Foreign Legions. If I'm recalling right, some of the justification involved the idea that it would be politically easier to send foreign mercenaries on behalf of the US then American volunteers. Nothing of course ever came of this.

Then, with the start of The "So-Called, So-Called War on Terror" we started to get "Private Contractors" whose existence at least partially has been justified with the same logic. We can now see that the advantage of a Foreign Legion is that you are dealing with a disciplined military unit (to whit, a "Legion.")

The problem with "privitizing" military soldering is that corporations have different standards, revolving around money, and money can be a very corrupting thing.



[IMG][/IMG]