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If anyone is interested, Erik Prince is also in Saudi Arabia: https://www.google.com/search?q=blackwater+saudi+arabia&oq=blackwater+saudi+arabia&aqs=chrome..69

If anyone is interested, Erik Prince is also in Saudi Arabia: https://www.google.com/search?q=blackwater+saudi+arabia&oq=blackwater+saudi+arabia&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.6421j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=blackwater+saudi+arabia&oq=b... He seems to have his hands in a LOT of things. Blackwater alone was a big deal, but the more interesting part is that it got re-organized as Academi and seems like into other companies as well. In short, it was never de facto shut down, or reduced in scope, at all.

lotsofpulp 8y ago
And his sister is Betsy Devos, the US Secretary of Education, who is married to Dick Devos, who was CEO of Amway, a multi level marketing firm.
hd4 8y ago
It's not really a coincidence that this person's companies are linked to Muslim regions or where there are conflicts in Muslim nations. https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2009/08/06/erik-prince-and-the-last-crusade https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2009/08/06/er... >In an affidavit lodged with a court in Virginia, one of the witnesses said that Mr Prince "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe." The statement continues >To that end, Mr. Prince intentionally deployed to Iraq certain men who shared his vision of Christian supremacy, knowing and wanting these men to take every available opportunity to murder Iraqis. Many of these men used call signs based on the Knights of the Templar, the warriors who fought the Crusades. >Mr. Prince operated his companies in a manner that encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life. For example, Mr. Prince's executives would openly speak about going over to Iraq to "lay Hajiis out on cardboard." Going to Iraq to shoot and kill Iraqis was viewed as a sport or game. Mr. Prince's employees openly and consistently used racist and derogatory terms for Iraqis and other Arabs, such as "ragheads" or "hajiis."
- tivert 8y ago
  If that's his view, he's pretty stupid to operate in China. It isn't very friendly to Christians either: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/world/asia/china-christmas-church-crackdown.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/world/asia/china-christma...
seagullz 8y ago
His ties to KSA is peripheral -- an extension of his ventures with UAE/MBZ, and especially after MBS came to call the shots in the KSA. See: https://www.fastcompany.com/90233994/how-a-secret-seychelles-meeting-signaled-the-uae-pull-in-trump-d-c https://www.fastcompany.com/90233994/how-a-secret-seychelles... and https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-planned-invade-qatar-blackwater-linked-mercenaries-report https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-planned-invade-qatar-...

lotsofpulp 8y ago

And his sister is Betsy Devos, the US Secretary of Education, who is married to Dick Devos, who was CEO of Amway, a multi level marketing firm.

hd4 8y ago

It's not really a coincidence that this person's companies are linked to Muslim regions or where there are conflicts in Muslim nations. https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2009/08/06/erik-prince-and-the-last-crusade https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2009/08/06/er... >In an affidavit lodged with a court in Virginia, one of the witnesses said that Mr Prince "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe." The statement continues >To that end, Mr. Prince intentionally deployed to Iraq certain men who shared his vision of Christian supremacy, knowing and wanting these men to take every available opportunity to murder Iraqis. Many of these men used call signs based on the Knights of the Templar, the warriors who fought the Crusades. >Mr. Prince operated his companies in a manner that encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life. For example, Mr. Prince's executives would openly speak about going over to Iraq to "lay Hajiis out on cardboard." Going to Iraq to shoot and kill Iraqis was viewed as a sport or game. Mr. Prince's employees openly and consistently used racist and derogatory terms for Iraqis and other Arabs, such as "ragheads" or "hajiis."

tivert 8y ago
If that's his view, he's pretty stupid to operate in China. It isn't very friendly to Christians either: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/world/asia/china-christmas-church-crackdown.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/world/asia/china-christma...

seagullz 8y ago

His ties to KSA is peripheral -- an extension of his ventures with UAE/MBZ, and especially after MBS came to call the shots in the KSA. See: https://www.fastcompany.com/90233994/how-a-secret-seychelles-meeting-signaled-the-uae-pull-in-trump-d-c https://www.fastcompany.com/90233994/how-a-secret-seychelles... and https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-planned-invade-qatar-blackwater-linked-mercenaries-report https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-planned-invade-qatar-...