Manilio Dinucci
24th May, 2011
Translated from Il Manifesto
In Zayed Military City, in a training camp in a desert area of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a secret army is in the making.
Posts Tagged ‘blackwater’
A secret army of mercenaries for the Middle East and North Africa
Posted by seumasach on May 25, 2011
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Obama administration uses Blackwater in drone killings
Posted by seumasach on August 25, 2009
Tom Eley
23rd August, 2009
According to a recent report by the New York Times, the Obama administration has retained the services of the notorious Blackwater guards to carry out drone attacks in Afghanistan, denoting no substantive distinction from the Bush administration’s use of Blackwater – now operating under the banner of Xe Services LLC – to carry out ’targeted assassinations’ in Iraq. With the number of military contractors in Afghanistan far exceeding the U.S. soldiers on the ground [*], what has so far been revealed regarding Washington’s arrangements with Blackwater and its more than a dozen affiliate companies might be only the beginning.
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Iraq reserves right to hold Blackwater trial
Posted by smeddum on August 17, 2008
Iraq reserves right to hold Blackwater trial
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq on Sunday said it reserves the right to put on trial six guards working for private security firm Blackwater USA for their alleged role in the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad last year.
“There is information that half a dozen Blackwater guards who have been accused of shooting and killing 17 Iraqis are to be tried in Washington,” government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told reporters. Read the rest of this entry »
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