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| − | Founder and owner of Xe Services, erik prince has been witnessed as stating that he "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe" by former employees. <ref> Scahill, Jeremy | + | Founder and owner of Xe Services, erik prince has been witnessed as stating that he "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe" by former employees. <ref> Scahill, Jeremy [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/nov/11/blackwater-mercenary-scandal-legal-sanction "the blackwater plot deepens"] Guardian.co.uk, nov 11th 2009, accessed October 16th 2010 </ref> |
==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 16 October 2010
Introduction
History
Xe Services LLC (Xe)was formed in February 2009 as a re-branding of Blackwater Worldwide after the Blackwater brand came under scrutiny following reports that contractors of the company had orchestrated a bloody civillian cull in an Iraqi Square in 2007. Blackwater itself was founded in 1997 by former navy seal Erik Prince in Moyock, North Carolina. [1]
Controversies/Issues
Quotes
People
Erik Prince Founder and owner of Xe Services, erik prince has been witnessed as stating that he "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe" by former employees. [2]
Funding
Clients
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Associated Press, "US security firm mired in Iraq controversy changes its name", Guardian.co.uk, 13th Feb 2009, accessed 12th Oct 2010
- ↑ Scahill, Jeremy "the blackwater plot deepens" Guardian.co.uk, nov 11th 2009, accessed October 16th 2010