US Judge Let’s Blackwater / XE Mercs Off the Hook

Source: PressTV

A US federal judge has dismissed criminal charges against five Blackwater / Xe security guards accused of fatally shooting 14 people in Baghdad in September 2007.

On Thursday, Judge Ricardo Urbina said US government prosecutors violated the defendants' rights by using incriminating statements they had made under immunity during a State Department probe to build their case.

"The government used the defendants' compelled statements to guide its charging decisions, to formulate its theory of the case, to develop investigatory leads, and ultimately to obtain the indictment in the case," Urbina ruled.

"In short, the government had utterly failed to prove that it made no impermissible use of the defendants' statement or that such use was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt."

The Blackwater/Xe mercenaries had been charged with killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others using gunfire and grenades at a busy Baghdad intersection in September 2007.

They faced charges of manslaughter.

In a public relations move meant to clean up the company's image, which was tarnished by incidents in which civilians were killed in the Iraq war, Blackwater Worldwide re-branded and changed its name to a futuristic new name, Xe (pronounced like the last letter of the alphabet), in February 2009.

However, there is still great animosity toward Blackwater/Xe in Iraq.

Many Iraqis believe the US military allowed Blackwater/Xe mercenaries to commit numerous war crimes against their compatriots with impunity, and the latest court ruling will only reinforce such sentiments.

Blackwater: The American Terrorist Organization

By: Stewart Brennan

America can breath easier tonight (Sarcasm) because George Bush has hired Erik Prince, a proud Republican, financial supporter, and sitting board member of “Christian Freedom International”. I am talking about the owner and creator of Blackwater, Erik Prince.

The American people should be concerned about this heavily armed private security army hired by the American Government. Blackwater answers to no one…not even to congress. How convenient for the Bush Family to have an End Time Christian Military Republican as a secret weapon to by pass the wishes of the American people.

Lets look at why the American government needs 190 Billion dollars. After all, this is only pocket change for a trip to the candy store where you can buy Blackwater surprize packages, filled with bullets bombs and guns. In fact, I have a pen to sell congress for 1.3 billion dollars.

Who are these 200,000 contractors that have been hired by the US government to destroy Iraq? How much money are they Contracted for? If I was an American Citizen, I would call for more than an Investigation into corruption, these Evil Terrorist Christians, are paid to kill woman and children in Iraq by the American Government. The way I see it, the American Government has no choice but to consider Blackwater a terrorist organization and should shut it down with all their assets seized! After all, isn’t that what George Bush does to security forces, I mean, terrorists or terrorist groups in other countries? You might even find some of that missing 3 Trillion dollars that congress recently said “WOOPS, where did it go?”

The 190 Billion dollar gift to Bush’s business partners and the Blackwater SS Security Services, that congress approved, is sickening. WAKE UP AMERICA! Don’t place your trust in Bipolar Politics anymore. The Democrats and the Republicans have the same agenda prepared for them by the Council on Foreign Relations. Guess where that 190 Billion Dollars is going? If you have the answers, show me the spread sheet!!

Does anyone know the details of how 190 Billion dollars is spent? I say let's have a public inquiry into Government spending! By the way, Ron Paul and Denis Kucinich are the only Presidential hopeful's that voted against this recent war chest.

Blackwater, and other groups like them, are purchasing military aircraft from countries like Brazil. Guess where they got the money for those war toys…give up? I would not be surprised to see the same hired military groups planting evil plans for an attack on Iran? Don’t tell me that these guys are there to rebuild a country!

Can a company like Blackwater be unleashed on the American Population someday? Sure, why not, after all, it would be a contracted business deal with no accountability. Anybody with money could hire these guys to do anything they chose. Wait a minute… Do they do contract killing? That could be advantageous…
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About: Eric Prince

Erik Prince (born June 6, 1969 in Holland, Michigan) is the founder and owner of the military support contractor Blackwater USA. A millionaire and former US Navy SEAL, after high school he briefly attended the United States Naval Academy before attending and graduating from Hillsdale College. After college, he earned a commission in the United States Navy after joining in 1992, and served as a Navy SEAL officer on deployments to Haiti, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, including Bosnia. When his father Edgar Prince unexpectedly died in 1995, he ended his Navy service prematurely. After Erik's mother, Elsa Prince, sold the family's automobile parts company, Prince Corporation, for $1.3 billion to Johnson Controls, Inc., Erik moved to Virginia Beach and personally financed the formation of Blackwater USA in 1997.

Prince is the brother of Betsy DeVos, a former chairman of the Republican Party of Michigan and wife of former Alticor (Amway) president and Gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos. Prince's first wife, Joan Nicole Prince, died of cancer in 2003, and he has since remarried and has six children. He now runs Prince Group, Blackwater's parent company, from an office in McLean, Virginia and also serves as a board member of Christian Freedom International, a non-profit group with a mission of helping "Christians who are persecuted for their faith in Jesus Christ".

Prince is noted for disliking having his photo taken and distributed; he often uses his hands to shield himself from photographers. While attending a technology conference in North Carolina, he was visibly uncomfortable when photographed on stage and officials asked that the images not be published. Some have claimed that this is due to fear of terrorist reprisals for his role in creating Blackwater USA.

Since 1998, Prince has personally donated over $200,000 to Republican causes.
Erik Prince attended the Naval Academy, graduated from Hillsdale College, and was an intern in George H.W. Bush's White House. Prince has contributed $200,000 to the Republican National Committee since 1998, and also has supported the candidacies of conservatives such as President George W. Bush and Senator Tom Coburn. He also serves as a board member of Christian Freedom International, a non-profit group that provides Bibles, food and other help (Guns?) to Christians in countries where they face persecution.

Arrest Bush, supporting members of Congress, and Erik Prince.

Stewart

See: Blackwater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_USA

Book: "Licensed Kill": Hired Guns in the War on Terror by Robert Young Pelton, 2006. Prologue, which opens with an account of a meeting with Erik Prince; Chapter 2, and Chapter 11, "The Lord and the Prince" which contrasts the owner of Hart Security with that of Blackwater.