#blackwater — Public Fediverse posts
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“ #HellsArmy”: New Film Tracks #Russia’s #WagnerGroup & Rise of #MercenaryArmies
June 12, 2026
"We speak with Oscar-nominated filmmaker #RickRowley about his new documentary, Hell’s Army. The film tracks the Wagner Group, the notorious Russian mercenary army that has fought in #Ukraine and other parts of the world. The group’s founder, #YevgenyPrigozhin, was a confidant to Putin until a failed 2023 mutiny against the government. He died in a suspicious plane crash two months later.
" 'We realized that he could be killed, the leader of this army could be killed, but its model continues,' says Rowley. 'Around the world, #oligarchs are turning to mercenary armies, and it’s a scourge that needs to be stopped.'
"Hell’s Army has its North American premiere Friday in Washington, D.C."
Read / watch / listen:
http://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/12/hells_army#PMCWagner #ErikPrince #Mercenaries #Blackwater #Oligarchy #ГруппаВагнера #Prigozhin #CorporateColonialism #ErikPrinceColonialism #PrivateSecurity
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#Blackwater Founder #ErikPrince Talks About Wagner, War, and More
By Greg Chabot, July 24, 2022
"After the success of this program [Blackwater], Prince was approached by officials in Russia asking for his help to start up a PMC. Prince turned down the generous offer that he says could have made him a billionaire. The #PMC nevertheless formed, he says, and is known as the #Wagner Group."
https://sofmag.com/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-talks-about-wagner-group/
#WagnerGroup #PMCWagner
#TrumpIsARussianAsset
#AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #Mercernaries #Prigozhin -
#PMCWagner isn't just emulating #ErikPrince, he was asked to found them (more about that in my next post)...
#Putin’s “Erik Prince” is tied to some of #Russia’s riskiest covert operations
By Greg Walters, February 21, 2018
Excerpt: "In #Syria, a mysterious private military firm called PMC Wagner has been tied to #Prigozhin. The firm is sometimes described as the Russian #Blackwater in reference to the U.S. private military contractor founded by Erik Prince, a likeness Prigozhin appears to be emulating, according to Nance."
#WagnerGroup #Putin #TrumpIsARussianAsset #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #Mercernaries
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#ErikPrince, a former US Navy Seal, founded the #Blackwater military security [#mercenary] firm in 1997. He sold the company in 2010 after Blackwater employees were #convicted of unlawfully killing [murdering] 14 unarmed #civilians while escorting a US embassy convoy in Baghdad's Nisour Square [#NisourSquareMassacre]. The men received #pardons from #Trump during his first term in the White House.
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Trump allies circulate #MassDeportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘#army’
The group, led by #Blackwater veteran #ErikPrince, has close #Trump ties.
By Dasha Burns and Myah Ward
02/25/2025 05:55 AM EST"Prince declined to comment, and the other contractors and former immigration officials listed as key personnel in the document also declined to comment or could not be reached.
"The founders of the new special entity called #2USV have a long history with the U.S. government. Blackwater was formed by Prince in 1996 to provide training services to law enforcement, military personnel and other government agencies. It gained widespread attention for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing security services for U.S. officials and military personnel, with critics viewing its rise as a result of the U.S. military’s overextension in the Middle East.
The military contractor came under scrutiny in 2007 following the #NisourSquareMassacre, when #Blackwater contractors opened fire and killed 17 Iraqi civilians and wounded 20 others — raising questions about oversight and accountability of private contractors. Several contractors were charged with manslaughter, and four were convicted in 2014. Trump pardoned them at the end of his first term in December 2020.
"Trump’s pardon was just one example of the influence of Prince’s family during the first Trump administration. #BetsyDeVos, Prince’s sister, served as the president’s #Education secretary, while Prince used his Trump connections as he chased business ventures in the U.S. and abroad.
"In 2018, he reportedly helped raise money for an effort to spy on progressives and Democratic organizations opposed to Trump." [As well as #DAPL #WaterProtectors!]
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/documents-military-contractors-mass-deportations-022648
#Blackwater
#ErikPrinceColonialism
#SilencingDissent
#USPol #Project2025 #CriminalizingActivism
#ClimateActivists #NoDAPL #Crapitalism
#Fascism #Trump #ChristoFascist
#CorporateFascism #SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists #Activists #NoDAPL #CriminalizingDissent
#CrackdownOnProtests #AntiProtestLaws #CorporateFascism #CorporateColonialism
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #ErikPrinceColonialism #Academi #TripleCanopy #SilencingDissent #ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal -
The group, which includes some former #immigration ofcls, is led by #ErikPrince, who has close ties to #Trump, & Bill Mathews, the fmr COO of #Blackwater, the military contractor known for its *role* [#WarCrimes] in providing security, training & logistical support to #US forces in #Iraq & #Afghanistan during the war on terror.
#law #WarCriminals #NisourSquareMassacre #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #HumanRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #geopolitics #USpol
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#uspol #uspolitics #middleeast #donaldtrump #Trump #Iraq #IraqWar #Blackwater #MiddleEast #NisourSquareMassacre #NisourSquare #Baghdad #Massacre #Election2024 #2024Election #Trump #DonaldTrump #JDVance #uspol #uspolitics #politics #GOP #MAGA #MAGAts #Republicans #meme #Memes #Genz #Millenials #GenX #boomers #tariffs
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#MattGaetz and #ErikPrince would like you to remember that military contractors massacring #Iraqi civilians in broad daylight was "good for America".
https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1878302289586454926
#uspol #uspolitics #middleeast #donaldtrump #Trump #Iraq #IraqWar #Blackwater #MiddleEast #NisourSquareMassacre #NisourSquare #Baghdad #Massacre
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rb139 – SCO – Black Water Falls und Strand südlich von Cromarty – 2023-07-23
MP3 Audio [17 MB]MPEG-4 AAC Audio [13 MB]Opus Audio [9 MB]DownloadShow URLNa, ob der Tag hält, was der Sonnenaufgang verspricht? Genaueres dann auch später in der Podcast Folge. Bis dahin erst mal ein paar Bilder und Text.
Die Überschrift beschreibt ja schon mal, was wir heute vorhaben und so ging es mit dem Auto wieder ein Stück nach Norden, wir wollten zuerst zu den Black Water Falls. Leider kein Geheimtipp mehr und demzufolge ist dort immer Besuch.
Nach etlichen Fotos und gegessenen Blaubeeren, sind wir weiter Richtung Cromarty. Dazu aber über Dingwall, dem Cromarty Firth auf der Nordseite gefolgt, bis zu Brücke über diesen und auf der anderen Seite gleich wieder links ab, um nach Cromarty zu kommen. Cromarty selber war leider voll mit Menschen und Touristen, so das wir uns hier nicht weiter aufgehalten haben und weiter Richtung Süden. Meine Frau hatte eine Bothy am Ufer der Nordsee auf der Karte gefunden und die wollten wir besuchen gehen.
Ich mag ja solche Schätze, sie bedeuten mir mehr als vieles andere. Und Steine gibt es hier, viele und noch mehr mit interessanten Formen, Farben usw.
Da wir ja schon mal in der Gegend sind und auf dem Rückweg ja sowieso vorbei kommen, wird ein Stopp am Chanonry Point gemacht. Es kann ja sein, das zufälliger Weise, die Delphine gerade wieder da sind. Der Leuchtturm ja auf alle Fälle und der Golfplatz auch. Den muss ich irgendwann noch mal spielen. Allein wie der gelegen ist, muss man das mal machen.
Jetzt beginnt es etwas wild zu werden, das ganze erzählen wir im Podcast. jedenfalls hat es uns dann erst hin und dann wieder zurück verschlagen, so das wir noch mal nach Avoch gefahren sind. Den Ortsnamen spricht man „Ouch“ aus, nur damit ihr nicht allzu sehr hier auffallt. jedenfalls gab es hier das leckste Indian Takeawy ever. Also dort unbedingt halt machen und Essen kaufen. So wie im kleinen Tante Emmaladen nebenan.
Aber auch so ein Tag geht mal zu Ende und so sind wir Abends wieder am Zeltplatz in Bunchrew eingetroffen. Zuerst sah es ja nach einem tollen Lichterfeuerwerk aus aber dann sind der Sonne und uns, doch ein paar Wolken dazwischen gekommen. Schön war es trotzdem.
Alles weitere in dieser Podcast Folge…
#2023 #Avoch #BlackIsle #BlackWater #BlackWaterFalls #Bunchrew #Camping #Campsite #Chanonry #Cromarty #Familie #FediEltern #Fediverse #Highlands #Inverness #KessockBridge #Leuchtturm #Lighthouse #Music #Peertube #Podcast #Reise #Reisebericht #Reisetagebuch #Schottland #Scotland #Tagebuch #Ullapool #Urlaub #Zelt #Zeltplatz
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Security Firm Running #DakotaAccessPipeline Intelligence Has Ties to U.S. Military Work in #Iraq and #Afghanistan
By Steve Horn
Oct 28, 2016"#TigerSwan is one of several security firms under investigation for its work guarding the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota while potentially without a permit. Besides this recent work on the #StandingRockSioux protests in #NorthDakota, this company has offices in Iraq and Afghanistan and is run by a special forces Army veteran.
"According to a summary of the investigation, TigerSwan 'is in charge of Dakota Access intelligence and supervises the overall security.'
"The Morton County, North Dakota, Sheriff’s Department also recently concluded that another security company, Frost Kennels, operated in the state while unlicensed to do so and could face criminal charges. The firm’s attack dogs bit #protesters at a heated Labor Day weekend protest.
"Law enforcement and private security at the North Dakota pipeline protests have faced criticism for maintaining a militarized presence in the area. The American Civil Liberties Union (#ACLU) and National Lawyer’s Guild have filed multiple open records requests to learn more about the extent of this #militarization, and over 133,000 citizens have signed a petition calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene and quell the backlash.
"The Federal Aviation Administration has also implemented a no-fly zone, which bars anyone but law enforcement from flying within a 4-mile radius and 3500 feet above the ground in the protest area. #DallasGoldtooth, an organizer on the scenes in North Dakota with the #IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork, said on Facebook that '#DAPL private security planes and choppers were flying all day' within the designated no-fly zone.
"Donnell Hushka, the designated public information officer for the North Dakota Tactical Operation Center, which is tasked with overseeing the no-fly zone, did not respond to repeated queries about designated private entities allowed to fly in no-fly zone airspace.
"What is TigerSwan?
"TigerSwan has offices in Iraq, Afghanistan, #Jordan, #SaudiArabia, #India, and #LatinAmerica and has headquarters in North Carolina. In the past year, TigerSwan won two U.S. Department of State contracts worth over $7 million to operate in Afghanistan, according to USASpending.gov.
"TigerSwan, however, claims on its website that the contract is worth $25 million, and said in a press release that the State Department contract called for the company to 'monitor, assess, and advise current and future nation building and stability initiatives in Afghanistan.' Since 2008, TigerSwan has won about $57.7 million worth of U.S. government contracts and subcontracts for security services.
"Company founder and CEO James Reese, a veteran of the elite Army Delta Force, served as the 'lead advisor for Special Operations to the Director of the CIA for planning, operations and integration for the invasion of Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom' in Iraq, according to his company biography. Army Delta partakes in mostly covert and high-stakes missions and is part of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the latter well known for killing Osama Bin Laden.
"One of TigerSwan’s advisory board members, Charles Pittman, has direct ties to the #OilAndGasIndustry. Pittman “served as President of #Amoco Egypt Oil Company, Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company, and Regional President BP Amoco plc. (covering the #MiddleEast, the Caspian Sea region, Egypt, and India),' according to his company biography.
'Sad, But Not Surprising'
"Investigative journalist #JeremyScahill told #DemocracyNow! in a 2009 interview that TigerSwan did some covert operations work with #Blackwater USA, dubbed the 'world’s most powerful #mercenary army' in his book by the same name. Blackwater has also guarded #OilPipelines in central #Asia, according to Scahill’s book.
"Reese advised Blackwater and took a leave of absence from TigerSwan in 2008 in the aftermath of the #NisourSquareMassacre, a shooting in Iraq conducted by Blackwater officers which saw 17 Iraqi civilians killed. TigerSwan has a business relationship with Babylon Eagles Security Company, a private security firm headquartered in Iraq which also has had business ties with Blackwater.
"'It is sad, but not surprising, that this firm has ties to the US interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq,' Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group #CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group #GlobalExchange, told DeSmog. 'It is another terrifying example of how our violent interventions abroad come home to haunt us in the form of repression and violation of our civil rights.'
"The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Private Investigation and Security Board are also conducting parallel investigations to the one recently completed by Morton County. TigerSwan did not comment on questions posed about their contract."
https://www.desmog.com/2016/10/28/private-security-firm-dakota-access-iraq-afghanistan-blackwater/
#TigerSwan #BigOil #NoDAPL #Blackwater #HumanRights #Covert #Corporatism #CIA #Corporatocracy #Corruption #Capitalism #Colonialism #ACAB #ErikPrince #ErikPrinceColonialism