"Blackwater is also building an air force of sorts. The company and its affiliates have more than 50 aircraft at its disposal, many with the flexibility to land in remote airstrips. "
Gee, I wonder how many COVERT MISSIONS they will be called upon to do, and how many governments they can fuck with!!!
When I read GUNMEN in the Zionist-controlled, agenda-pushing AmeriKan War Dailies my first thought is BLACKWATERS!
They ain't getting out of nothing, readers!
The AmeriKan MSM is just SPOONING MORE HORSESHIT!
"Blackwater rebuilding seen facing challenges; Lawsuits, US probes could slow expansion" by Associated Press | July 23, 2008
MOYOCK, N.C. - The world over, guns for hire are known as "Blackwater guys" - and that's the reason Blackwater Worldwide wants to move beyond the business of private security contracting.
But Blackwater's breakneck growth in the past decade has come largely from successfully protecting the nation's top diplomats on the world's most volatile streets. The company has earned more than $1 billion since 2001 in government contracts, much of it providing security and protective services for US diplomats working in Iraq.
There's no guarantee a change in focus to more conventional contracting, including the privately held company's roots in combat training, will allow Blackwater to reach its revenue target of $1 billion a year by 2010. Meanwhile, the company faces federal investigations and civil lawsuits that could disrupt its work and the money it needs to expand.
Yup, AMERICA is COLLAPSING, our schools are shit, our bridges and roads are shit, we can't have health care, etc, etc, and yet MORE MONEY INTO THE WAR MACHINE!!!!
This is not only heartbreaking, readers, it is tragic.
Go get on with your wars and destroy yourselves, you bastards!!
Then the world will finally be rid of you evil, sick, twisted demons of death!!!!
The company's leadership team said this week that the current "crisis" stems from the damage its work in private security contracting has inflicted on the Blackwater name, and they blame both the media and the politics of war.
I'm just OFFENDED by the ARROGANCE!!!
After the media set it all up for you guys to get in there, make buku $$$$, and STILL HIDE YOUR OPERATIONS and CRIMES?!
And Blackwater is BITCHIN'?
What UNGRATEFUL ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!
More than a dozen federal agencies have investigated the company for its security contracting work, Blackwater said, a list that includes the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Agriculture. Company officials don't mention the FBI, which is leading a probe into a September 2007 shooting at a crowded Baghdad intersection involving Blackwater guards. Seventeen Iraqis were killed.
Which rarely gets discussed, reported on, etc, etc.
Just another war crime that fades away.
Blackwater has two large protection contracts - one with the State Department and one that's classified - and company president Gary Jackson said they're not bidding for any others because the cost of doing business is too high.
PFFFFT!
Industry observers say Blackwater's decision to scale back security work is not a ruse to cover up a decline in business. Blackwater officials stress that the company will honor its current security contracts and take on those sought by the US government.
But chief executive and founder Erik Prince said his company is focused on building its brand name in other businesses - each with their own challenges.
"The security business is what it is," Prince said. "I don't see that growing a lot. Iraq is getting progressively better. So, that total demand from the US government will probably stay the same or decrease slightly. We're just growing other parts of the business around it."
Blackwater has designed prototypes for a vehicle for border patrol agents and has been pumping out versions of its Grizzly armored vehicle. Blackwater is also building an air force of sorts. The company and its affiliates have more than 50 aircraft at its disposal, many with the flexibility to land in remote airstrips.
So Blackwater is ALSO a MILITARY MANUFACTURER!!!!?
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