http://www.upi.com…
MOYOCK, Va., Nov. 19 (UPI) — A deal has been struck that will allow security contractor Blackwater Worldwide to operate training vacilities at its Virginia-North Carolina training camp.
The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot said Wednesday the agreement struck last week includes a 1-mile buffer zone between the facilities and Blackwater’s neighbors.
The newspaper said the deal was negotiated [...]
The increase in pirate attacks interests me, especially as Blackwater wants to take on that task. A little created terror, anyone?
http://blog.wired.com…
Indian Frigate 1, Pirate ‘Mother Ship’ 0
Noah Shachtman
A Somali pirate “mother ship” is now in flames, after a firefight with an Indian frigate in the Gulf of Aden.
The INS Tabar intercepted the pirate ship [...]
http://abcnews.go.com/…
Ex-employees Tell ABC News the Firm Used Dog Food Sacks to Smuggle Unauthorized Weapons to Iraq
By BRIAN ROSS and JASON RYAN
November 14, 2008
A federal grand jury in North Carolina is investigating allegations the controversial private security firm Blackwater illegally shipped assault weapons and silencers to Iraq, hidden in large sacks of dog food, ABCNews.com has [...]
http://www.truthdig.com…
Juneau is hardly the top American target for terrorists, so what’s Blackwater doing in Alaska’s capital? Author Stuart Archer Cohen and Juneau’s KTOO News have reported sightings of uniformed guards from the private security contractor, and Cohen has some clues as to why they’re there.
By Jeremy Scahill, TheNation.com
Posted on November 15, 2008, Printed on November 15, 2008
http://www.alternet.org…
After more than five years of rampant violence and misconduct carried out by the massive army of private corporate contractors in Iraq — actions that have gone totally unpunished under any system of law — the US Justice Department appears to be on [...]
Modesto Bee
The State Department is preparing to slap a multimillion-dollar fine on private military contractor Blackwater USA for shipping hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq without the necessary permits.
Some of the weapons are believed to have ended up on the country’s black market, department officials told McClatchy Newspapers, but no criminal charges have been filed [...]
1. Wall Street Fat Cats Are Trying to Pocket Billions in Bailout Cash…
During his historic victory speech, President-elect Barack Obama told supporters, and the rest of the world, “If this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.”
But, it seems that Wall Street didn’t get [...]
http://www.americablog.com…
What could possibly go wrong? AP:
Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms — some with a reputation for being quick on the trigger in Iraq — are joining the battle against pirates plaguing one of the world’s most important shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia.
The growing interest among merchant fleets to hire their [...]
http://lloydslist.com…
h/t: sott.net
David Osler
Lloyd’s List
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:32 UTC
The US private military contractor embroiled in controversy over its actions in Iraq - has sent a private sector warship equipped with helicopters to the Gulf of Aden, and is offering its services to shipowners concerned with Somali piracy.
The vessel, McArthur, is described as a multipurpose unit [...]
http://abcnews.go.com…
Incident Was Kept Secret and Raises More Questions About the Firm’s Iraq Operations
By BRIAN ROSS
October 2, 2008—
An M4 machine gun sent to Iraq by the Blackwater private security firm somehow disappeared from the company’s storage facility in Baghdad and was later discovered during a US military operation, apparently against suspected insurgents, people familiar with the [...]
Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out… and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel…. And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for ‘the universal brotherhood of man’ - with his mouth… Mark Twain
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