Erik Prince’s Global Power Grab: From Congo to Guantanamo 2.0 | Mintpress
#ErikPrince, the controversial founder of #Blackwater and longtime ally of Donald Trump, is mounting a major comeback. He has secured a new deal to “protect” the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) lucrative mineral sector and is pitching a privatized prison complex in El Salvador that critics say echoes Guantanamo Bay.
In exchange for #US military support to combat a rebel insurgency, the DRC would grant lucrative mining contracts to the United States.
Reminder : The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now #Constellis), a private military company contracted by the United States government to provide security services in Iraq, shot at Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, #Baghdad, while escorting a U.S. embassy convoy.
#ErikPrince, the controversial founder of #Blackwater and longtime ally of Donald Trump, is mounting a major comeback. He has secured a new deal to “protect” the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) lucrative mineral sector and is pitching a privatized prison complex in El Salvador that critics say echoes Guantanamo Bay.
In exchange for #US military support to combat a rebel insurgency, the DRC would grant lucrative mining contracts to the United States.
Reminder : The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now #Constellis), a private military company contracted by the United States government to provide security services in Iraq, shot at Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, #Baghdad, while escorting a U.S. embassy convoy.
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The founder of the #Blackwater private military company, Erik Prince, urged Americans not to believe "idiotic politicians" and spoke about the power of the Russian army.
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