Blackwater careers present economic opportunities for both civilians and people with military backgrounds. As a private military company provider, blackwater is mostly concerned by providing private security service and protection as well as training for military and law enforcement personnel. In addition, private citizens also apply for the training and undergo courses offered by the company. In war zone areas, the company also provides peacekeeping and stability operations on behalf of a government. The company’s usual clientele includes the Us government, diplomats, government representativ
By Bill Sizemore The Virginian-Pilot June 2, 2012 Five ex-Blackwater executives, facing federal firearms charges inconnection with a gift of weaponry to a Middle Eastern monarch,have come up with a new explanation for how it occurred: It was a CIA operation. In court papers filed last month in Raleigh, the defendants say thegift of five guns to King Abdullah II of Jordan during a royalvisit to Blackwater’s Moyock, N.C., headquarters in March 2005 wasrequested, directed and authorized by the Central IntelligenceAgency. Attorneys for the five have filed declarations from two retired CIAofficials
There are serious legal and human rights concerns about privatemilitary companies providing “security services” in conflict areas.Where the strict hierarchical discipline of the military isavoided, you may wonder who these companies are accountable to. The recent Supreme Court decision regarding blackwater Worldwide , the U.S. private security firm that operated in Iraq, has leftthe door open to the possibility of holding these private firmsaccountable for unlawful violence in war zones. On September 16, 2007 heavy gunfire erupted at the busy NisourSquare junction, killing at least 14 civilian
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