Lawsuit now accuses Xe contractors of murder, kidnapping

this question answered:

If it is true Xe is still operating in Iraq without a contract, and IRI is the "sponsor organization" if you will behind these operations, and John McCain is the chairman of the board of ISI, why isn't he held in conflict of interest, since his committee would be responsible for overseeing the part of Military Contracting dealing with Civilian Sub-contractors?

Xe is not the military. Within the context of Xe and Iraq, they are part of the State Department. The Pilot does a huge disservice to the men and women of our Armed Forces when they associate Xe and the actions they do with our Armed Services and the good work that is happening over there by our true military arm.
I wish the Pilot would associate Xe with the State Department, not the Defense Department.
Xe is a mercenary organization. They are guns for hire. They have NOT demonstrated the same core values our military has. Our Armed Forces have not been expelled from Iraq for actions against the people of that State. Xe has.
Just because they wear camo gear does not make them a military organization. It just makes them a group that carries guns. A huge difference. Xe's actions are NOT representative of what our guys/gals are doing over there and the Pilot should acknowledge this. They should stop "tagging" Xe as "military".

We do not know if this is true and only time will tell. The one thing that is evident is this company does business covertly. This company has proved that using a private military does cause big problems with oversight and accountability.

The billions of dollars this company has received from our tax payers have put a bad stain on the United States reputation. I would like to know, why are our tax dollars being used to continually bail this company out?

I would like to know why our military people just don’t get paid more?

Use this money for our active duty and retired military.

Mercenaries get bad names. From Wikipedia:

The use of Hessian troops by the British further rankled American sentiment, and pushed more loyalists to be in favor of the revolution. Using foreign troops to put down the rebellion was seen as insulting, as it treated British subjects no differently than non-British subjects; pro-British Tories felt that the British nature of Americans should have entitled them to be above mercenary resistance.

Its a story of what they are said to have done. The real deal will be in the courts and dealt with there. If it was done here to your family and nothing was done you would be yelling form the rooftops yourself.

Do all of you actually believe the stuff in this article?
Think back to Vietnam if you can...all the negitive reporting on what our soldiers were doing accomplished exactly what the enemy in the field could not - distruction of the will to fight.
Now America is "smarter" and we do not put down our uniformed soldiers, but it is ok to attack the contractors because they are just doing it for the money. And writers like Bill Sizemore and Jeremy Scahill are just doing a public service and have no personal interest. How much money has Scahill made by bashing Blackwater? Much more than those "mercinaries" he keeps stabbing in the back.
And the will to fight evaporates. And when we get attacked again, will the warriors want to fight knowing that they will be spit on in two to three years?

Innocent until proven guilty on the pages of the Pilot.

Give too much power to anybody and they will eventually abuse it. Just as we gave Bush unprecedented authority to initiate an unjustified war. No-bid contracts with complete immunity.. with Iraq not willing to renew their contracts. If they did excellent work wouldn't they be happy to keep them? USA is still accountable for loose cannons whether military or contractors.

Also, them being as secretive and classified as the CIA what would they actually let the public know? Use some common sense..

For those who didn't see the the testimony before Congress, 2 or 3 former contract workers testified that the person or persons in charge of MWR(recreation services) for the troops in Iraq were overcharging by making the workers count individuals as they moved from room-to-room versus only counting them entering the facility. They get paid only as they come in, not as they go from room-to-room.

The worst of their testimony is when they talked about the lack of oversight on the electrical work which has wounded or killed at least 2. Taking a shower was a life or death toss-up!

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I also heard Blackwater is responsible for the crucifixion of Christ, the Lions going 0-16, GM going bankrupt, Bernie Madoff ponzie scheme, Katrina hitting New Orleans, the baseball steroid scandel, global warming and the HRBT being closed this morning.

Is the plan of this lawfirm to try and make Xe go broke by bringing frivilous lawsuits against them? This has turned into some ridiculous witch hunt and Bill Sizemore you are sensationalizing these people every time you happen to write negative stories about Blackwater (no matter how bogus or far out there they may be) but just happen to never write about any of the positive things they have done. What do you just print whatever these people email you negative about them? Good grief.

If armed outsiders came to this country running guns, drugs and prostitution and shot a couple locals, including children, to establish their "Green Zone" hood you'd call them a violent street gang and scream for higher immigration standards and more armed police to protect you; but since the alleged thugs are ours, its a problem of too many lawyers?!

How come no one's asserting the right of individual Iraqi's to carry guns to protect their families from these goon squads? Clearly every Iraqi should have free and unlimited access to firearms for defense if threatened since governmental agencies are not obligated to protect them. After all, that's the freedom these mercenaries, oops "contractors", were there for in the first place, right?

No surprise, Google where this "Ambulance chaser" contributes most of her money!!

If you want to learn the facts about Blackwater, read Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill. These charges are just charges and they may be false. But, before people jump up to defend Erik Prince, they should read the facts. It is a bad idea to hire mercenaries to fight our wars. Bush and Cheney lied to the American people from Day one. They hired Erik Prince because he was a huge donor to the Republican party and he turned around and put key Republicans on his payroll like Anne Tyrell, his spokesperson who is the daughter of Emmett Tyrell, the columnist for American Spectator. They gave Blackwater immunity from prosecution for anycrimes they committed in Iraq including murder. This is what happens or as Rumsfeld said, "Sh-t happens", especially when you go to war unprepared and without a plan for securing the country.