Mother Jones - Comments for "Making a Killing: A Blackwater Timeline"

Yes i'm in total agree with

Yes i'm in total agree with you , it's very interesting post, thanks

I am doubtful if the demands

I am doubtful if the demands have been met by now. Its been two years since that incident happened. In any war ridden country innocent do pay the price and most of the times its by the their lives.

at the end we all shall see,,, who can press further.
Dr.Q

September 12, 2007 (4 days prior to the now famous incident). My brother and his Blackwater convoy are traveling through Baghdad. Iraqi "police officers" block off a street where the convoy was heading to purposely allow insurgents the opportunity to attack the convoy via IED. They were able to execute the explosion, and my brother and another contractor were blown from the vehicle, each suffering multiple wounds. This was in the middle of a crowded area, however, there were no civilian casualties, even though they were immediately fired upon by the bad guys after they blew up their vehicle. The convoy was able to flee the attack without any casualties, on either side. These, and MANY other incidents like it happen to these men ALL the time. However, there is absolutely no media coverage detailing those incidents. Strange, eh? Also, no mention of the 30 killed Blackwater contractors in this article's timeline (other than the March 2004 incident, which demonstrates the biased support against the company via lawsuit). Some, if not most, of those contractors killed were decorated veterans of the military. Most of these men (my brother included) are indeed veterans of the armed forces who have served multiple tours in this war, as well as others. If the insurgents, who often collude with Iraqi "police officers" (the same type of officers who were quoted numerous times in the Sept. 16th incident) didn't attack our men in areas with high civilian traffic, then there wouldn't be incidents like on Sept 16.
As for Mr. Scahill, and his clever "Coalition of the Billing" tag on Blackwater and other security contractors, give me a break. The company and the contractors do make a lot of money, but how much money have you raked in with the sale of your book? Pot - Kettle - Black. Strange to ridicule an entity for generating huge sums of cash, and then line your own pockets by focusing your career on that same source.

This is long, but thought you might like it anyway. Dale sends these all the time.
G

Thanks, MJ and, thanks also to Nell and Skoglund.

We preserve the internet from incursions and keep it free. It's the only I can get at the truth on a lot of issues.

Please research the BBC.com web sites from the search engine WEB: Erik Prince (born June 6 , 1969 in Holland, Michigan ) is the millionaire founder and owner of the military support contractor Blackwater USA . After high school he briefly ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince

Blackwater USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blackwater USA is a mercenary company and security firm founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. This firm is based in the U.S. state of North Carolina , where it operates a ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Security

How is he funded? The companies he funds need to be researched too. Hilter needed to be stopped because of his violence, this group is as violent if he continues to gain strenght the world will be in danger of losing freedom.

Its hard to believe this is the first incident [the 9/16/07 murders] the media has bothered to make public. I've seen these kinds of shootings in MPEG video files sent to my email for years now. This isn't an isolated incident, this type up shooting is a daily occurence there!

Very interesting, thanks!

I did a timeline of Blackwater incidents from last December to now with a bit more detail (and cites) here:

http://alovelypromise.blogspot.com/2007/09/mercs-gone-wild.html

Should that be $3.84 _m_illion for the September 2004 entry?

Add this to your timeline:
November issue of First Things, in which Chuck Colson writes that Clinton's reelection means that "no American" can now support the US government and "hopes" that an armed coup is not needed.
http://www.firstthings.com/