Erik Prince building Blackwater 2.0 in the UAE to quell uprisings in the middle east

[ck4829]

The crown prince of Abu Dhabi has hired the founder of private security firm Blackwater Worldwide to set up an 800-member battalion of foreign troops for the United Arab Emirates, the New York Times said Sunday.

The Times said it obtained documents that showed the unit being formed by Erik Prince's new company Reflex Responses with $529 million from the UAE would be used to thwart internal revolt, conduct special operations and defend oil pipelines and skyscrapers from attack.

The newspaper said the decision to hire the contingent of foreign troops was taken before a wave of popular unrest spread across the Arab world in recent months, including to the UAE's Gulf neighbors Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

The UAE itself has seen no serious unrest. Most of its population is made up of foreign workers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110515/ts_nm/us_uae_troops

Prince had insisted the force hire no Muslims, because they "could not be counted on to kill fellow Muslims," the paper said. So, no rubber bullets, no tear gas. Just straight to shoot-to-kill.

[Ikonoklast]

1. He will have to fight U.S. forces one day.

Should be interesting which side Mr. Super Patriot chooses.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. Is Prince still an American citizen?

He should have just called the company "Nazis R Us" or "Rent a Killer".

[FreakinDJ]

3. A True American - Suppressing Democracy where ever he goes

[randr]

4. People who go to fight for tyrants should lose their citizenship!

[provis99]

5. is it wrong for me to wish all mercenaries to die

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Nope, in International Law they are just under

Spies... and they can be lined against the wall and shot.