Two former Blackwater employees have come forward anonymously to accuse Blackwater founder Erik Prince of murder and other serious charges. The private security companies–which contract with the federal government to provide certain military functions yet operate without the restriction or oversight that keeps the actual U.S. Military in check–are one of the giant black holes in our democracy. If it has any merit, this story seems typical of the lawlessness and arrogant, unchecked power with which they’re operating. It’d make a fantastic feature.
Two men who worked for Blackwater allege in a federal lawsuit that Blackwater founder Erik Prince or his agents murdered one or more people who were planning to provide information to federal authorities about criminal conduct by the company and its operatives in Iraq.
The two are identified in court papers only as “John Doe #1” and “John Doe #2” because, they say, they fear violent retaliation themselves for making the allegations.
In his statement, he says Prince “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe.
“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.”
Going to Iraq to shoot and kill Iraqis was viewed as a sport or game, “John Doe #2” says, adding that Prince’s employees openly used racist terms for Iraqis and other Arabs such as “ragheads” and “hajiis.”
For example, he says, Blackwater executives would speak of going to Iraq to “lay hajiis out on cardboard.”
via In suit, ex-workers accuse Blackwater founder of murder | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com .
