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Outsourcing the Iraq War: Mercenary Recruiters Turn to Latin America
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NACLA Report on the Americas
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Stoner, Eric
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Copyright informationCopyright North American Congress on Latin America Jul/Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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IN OCTOBER, ERIK PRINCE, THE 39-YEAR-OLD CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, a leading private security company operating in Iraq, went into damage-control mode. Blackwater employees in Baghdad's Nisour Square had killed 17 Iraqi civilians the previous month, causing an uproar and the suspension of official diplomatic convoys throughout the country for four days. Making the rounds with the media and testifying before Congress, Prince repeatedly said that his employees are not mercenaries, as critics contend. Citing the definition of a mercenary as "a professional soldier working for a foreign government," Prince told the House Oversight Committee that in contrast, Blackwaters employees are ...
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