AMERICAN GANGSTERS: JSOC, BLACKWATER AND PHONY EVERYTHING
December 17, 2009 posted by Gordon Duff · 18 Comments
The Dark Prince
For OpEdNews: Jason Charles – Writer
This month Eric Prince has resigned from the scandal ridden Xe inc. formerly know as Blackwater, revealing a decade long relationship as a deep cover CIA operative specifically tasked with building and mobilizing an elite army of private assassins for the CIA.
For the past six years, Prince "appears to have led an astonishing double life," writes Adam Ciralsky. "Publicly, he has served as Blackwater’s CEO and chairman. Privately, and secretly, he has been doing the CIA’s bidding, helping to craft, fund, and execute operations ranging from inserting personnel into ‘denied areas’ places US intelligence has trouble penetrating to assembling hit teams targeting Al-Qaeda members and their allies."
Blackwater is, and has been from the onset, a private army or extension of the CIA. An army that has been implicated in killing civilians, bombing mosques [VIDEO], torture, smuggling weapons, dressing up as aid workers, CIARaids, and even running child prostitution rings [VIDEO] only to be unsuccessful at paying off Iraqi officials in an attempt to cover up their crimes.
As barbarically unnecessary and costly as Blackwater is, the media has tried to dismiss a lot of these reports as just another one of Dick Cheney’s Frankenstein monster hold overs from the Bush administration that is slowly being dismantled. Unfortunately, Obama has also been utilizing the ever-eager Blackwater special operatives for the Pakistani drone program that has been an absolute PR disaster due to the civilian casualties that stain headlines on a weekly basis.
With these startling revelations, it is little wonder the U.S. government can’t seem to stop using, or separate itself from an obviously mismanaged and brutal element of their supposed war on terror. This death squad role and relationship can be traced back to Israel and the training they gave these special forces in the lead up to the major ground assaults in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In fact, it was reported in 2003 Israel had been training special forces units as assassination squads, and why not considering Bush adviser and future 9/11 cover-up artist Philip Zelikow stated right around that same time period that we invaded Iraq with the sole purpose of protecting Israel?
The Pakistani drone program Jeremy Scahill writes in the nation is really a top-secret Joint Strategic Operation Command (JSOC) program.
The previously unreported program, the military intelligence source said, is distinct from the CIA assassination program that the agency’s director, Leon Panetta, announced he had canceled in June 2009. "This is a parallel operation to the CIA," said the source. "They are two separate beasts." The program puts Blackwater at the epicenter of a US military operation within the borders of a nation against which the United States has not declared war–knowledge that could further strain the already tense relations between the United States and Pakistan. In 2006, the United States and Pakistan struck a deal that authorized JSOC to enter Pakistan to hunt Osama bin Laden with the understanding that Pakistan would deny it had given permission. Officially, the United States is not supposed to have any active military operations in the country.
They are a compartmentalized group of elite operatives which have been tasked with finding and killing Al-Qaeda militants is what we are being told, but what we really see here is a covert, military backed force, circumventing the oversight and constitutional authority of our elected officials in congress, and is shaping up to be one of the biggest scandals of the decade.
Allowing the CIA, the masters of overthrowing Governments and staging coups to have it’s own private army, stationed in training facilities on American soil has got to be the greatest threat to liberty America has seen in recent years.
Just Al-Qeada Really?
Numerous reports state Al-Qaeda has been reduced to a handful of scattered pockets and even an acknowledgment by the Obama administration that Osama Bin Laden has been known to be dead since Dec. 13, 2001. In fact it has been reported that the JSOC is running the show in both Afghanistan and Pakistan by two high ranking Navy officers Vice Admirals William McRaven and Robert Harward
"Two senior military officers from the shadowy world of Special Operations are playing a large and previously unreported role in shaping the Obama administration’s Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy, a move that underscores that the internal debate has moved past a rigid choice between expansive missions to provide security for Afghan civilians and narrowly tailored missions to find and kill terrorists."
The Big Picture
So besides protecting the Opium and Oil fields, what is the strategic objective of funding a Blackwater staffed JSOC organized, covert operations against middle eastern targets of the United States? Especially when Al-Qaeda is nothing more than an admitted specter.
The answer is given to us through the suspiciously precognitive writing of former Sen. Gary Hart who writes in a Huffington post article this past Nov. 11, 2009
"Among the early lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq, however, is that 21st century conflict demands Special Forces and small unit capabilities even more than traditional big divisions, large carrier task groups, and long range strategic bombers. Historic nation-state wars, though always plausible, are declining. Irregular, unconventional warfare involving dispersed terrorist cells, stateless nations, insurgencies, and tribes, clans, and gangs are increasing dramatically.
He then asks,
"…are our present and planned force structures configured for new military threats; are weapons procurement programs continuation of traditional acquisitions or focused on future requirements; is the intelligence community properly coordinated and focused on emerging realities; for non-military concerns–such as failed states, radical fundamentalism, pandemics, climate degradation, energy dependence, and resource competition–are new international coalitions needed; are existing alliances adequate to anticipate and respond to these crises or are new ones required; most of all, does our government require new legislative authority to achieve national security under dramatically changing conditions?"
We see here that Hart, who also wrote a book on the subject called Under the Eagles Wings: A National Security Strategy of the United States for 2009, has easily just expanded the use and role of these rogue assassination units from foreign operations against terrorists, to operations against what he terms as "non-military threats" or "stateless nations" inside the United States and abroad.
He goes further in his book stating,
"We will be required to conduct multinational training exercises between our special forces and those of other nations. We must operate jointly and collectively against Jihadi and other terrorist groups that endanger the security of all. We will find it necessary to integrate communications systems and databases among law enforcement and public safety agencies of liberal democratic nations. Pg. 17"
Isn’t this exactly what we are seeing with the reported CIA/Blackwater operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan? They’re not over their just fighting Al-Qaeda, but using the war on terror as a front operation to train multinational privatized commandos and integrating the fighting forces of the developed nations? We have Delta Force, Rangers, CIA, Green Beret, S.E.A.L’s, IDF, Mossad, Mi5, SAS, Marines etc. etc., all being utilized and training as rapid deployment forces and occupation forces to better serve as a cohesive militarily force in a increasingly globalized world.
In the Homeland
It would be one thing if it was only Al-Qaeda and militants on foreign shores they were after, but in a incredibly revealing article from the New York Times we see that they were operational in the United States during the 2005 Bush inauguration in direct violation of Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 as stated in the article.
"These commandos, operating under a secret counter-terrorism program code-named Power Geyser, were mentioned publicly for the first time this week on a Web site for a new book, "Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operation in the 9/11 World," (Steerforth Press). The book was written by William M. Arkin, a former intelligence analyst for the Army.
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The precise number of these Special Operations forces in Washington this week is highly classified, but military officials say the number is very small. The special-missions units belong to the Joint Special Operations Command, a secretive command based at Fort Bragg, N.C., whose elements include the Army unit Delta Force."
If you count Blackwaters apperance in Katrina, they are used to training and operating on American soil and conducting training exercises that run into unfortunate deaths like what happened on a Colorado Mountain top in August.
The Blackwater story is the actualized realization of Gary Hart’s book, and it all happened in 2009 just like the title suggested.
So if Al-Qaeda is Gone, Who is the New Enemy?
The answer to that question is simply you, by expanding the definition of terrorist over the last decade DHS has increasingly been issuing report after report that middle America is potentially terrorists. According to the MIAC report, property rights activist, tax evaders, gun owners, home schoolers, Christians, and people angry about the economy are all potential terrorists.MIACReportViolent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
Things to Come
You can be sure that things will not stay the same, an economic collapse that could degrade into a full blown civil war is currently being planned for by the Obama administration as reported by the EU Times, and expanded upon by Chuck Baldwin in his latest column.
The simple fact is while America has been sleeping, the groundwork to totally and finally break the American people into accepting global government as a solution to war, climate change, food, pandemics, and natural disasters is in place
Think about how many drills you have heard about in the past months of American soldiers training with foreign forces, and with the overly hyped swine flu being declared a level six pandemic recently we have the perfect cover to train and deploy multinational peace keeping forces all over America and the World, as shown in the NLE 2009 massive training drills conducted over the summer.
If you speak out against this rogue government after the collapse and clamp down, you will go to one of the hundreds of FEMA re-education and work camps that have gone up around the country.
Those who choose to fight against it in an armed resistance, whether a nation state or an individual will be targeted by multinational private mercenary squads who have cut their teeth in the lawless deserts of Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan and will have the full backing of both the military and intelligence apparatus of these United States when it comes to tracking down and killing those it deems enemies of the state.
They want a Global Government and the United States middle class won’t stand for it unless major panic ensues. The security state is ready to take the velvet gloves off in everything from…NSA Wiretapping and domestic surveillance, $5 Billion for Pentagon Funded Propaganda Campaigns, Militarized Police Forces , and mobilizing a youth corp against veterans and patriots, it is a nightmare to contemplate but very, very real.
Now if you want a real ugly glance at just how bad things have gotten with the use of mercs, look into Hardin, Montana and how a foreigner and felon with 17 aliases bought out the city, took over the jail and staffed it with foreign mercenaries.
With the planned collapse of our Economy by the Fed, the war on the Mexican border that is quickly spilling over into American cities nationwide, and the increasing militarized security grid that has invaded every aspect of American life we are faced with a choice as red blooded Americans as we come to the end of 2009.
We either stand up and fight for the values of our constitutional republic by outing every criminal in government and reclaiming or nations capital and military, or we allow them to be integrated into the New World Order system that will violently suppress all opposition via Blackwater type hit teams.
Your call America will you heed the warning signs all around you or will you drown out your conscience with football, and Friday night movies? As a final thought we have the newly announced Air force’s Global Strike Brigade being assembled for rapid deployment of nuclear munitions anywhere in the world the architects of this global society are ruthless killers and deadly serious and will utilize any means necessary to assure success. Those of us who are awake are desperately praying the public can wake up in time, because this reality is being forced on us like it or not.
jason, it looks like isreal( mossad )has taken control of our rogue govt.. we have to take our government (the best money could buy)back from
the global corporate thugs and their unpatriotic ,loyal to the highest bidder, pay to kill army before we loose whats left of our corrupted democracy and military.
SAYS A LOT ABOUT ALL OF THIS,; THE REASON BEHIND IT ALL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3m4e45bTo
Looked up Domestic – Extremism definitions in the Lexicon – US Department of Homeland Security.
‘above ground’ – a term to describe extremist groups who operate overtly and portray themselves as law abiding.
‘alternative media’ – a term used to describe various information sources that provide a forum for interpenetration of events and issues that differ radically from those presented in mass media products and outlets.
‘direct action’ – lawful or unlawful acts of civil disobedience ranging from protest to property destruction or act of violence.
There was also a lot in there that described my good friends that have differing passions from my own due to listening solely to some of the ‘mass media products and outlets’ out there.
Everyone is in there somewhere. It just depends on who ‘they’ want. ‘They’ look it up and there ‘we, them or us’ are.
interpenetration of events? interpretation of events.
Looked up Domestic – Extremism definitions in the Lexicon – US Department of Homeland Security.
‘above ground’ – a term to describe extremist groups who operate overtly and portray themselves as law abiding.
‘alternative media’ – a term used to describe various information sources that provide a forum for interpenetration of events and issues that differ radically from those presented in mass media products and outlets.
‘direct action’ – lawful or unlawful acts of civil disobedience ranging from protest to property destruction or act of violence.
There was also a lot in there that described my good Christian ‘tea-bagger’ friends that have differing passions from my own due to listening solely to some of the ‘mass media products and outlets’ out there.
Everyone is in there somewhere. It just depends on who ‘they’ want. ‘They’ look it up and there ‘we, them or us’ are.
Maybe this is what we need to avoid a repeat of Vietnam. I think as veterans we all know that when politicians, most with no military service at all, are the reason Vietnam was a perceived as a loss for the United States. The politicians need to give the Military leaders their intent and goals, then move the fuck out of the way and let the professionals do their jobs. As a leader it’s frustrating having to follow some of the dumb ass concepts the civilians come up with in combat. I.e. the ROE in Iraq and Afghanistan. Too many men have been killed carrying out combat operations with such restrictions. While I don’t condone what those three NCO’s did in killing those insurgents at the canal in Baghdad. I can see their point. When your hands are tied, you get tired of being shot at by the same men day after day. Maybe PMC’s are what we need to side step the politicians in Washington that are again, with their incompetence leading this country to another Vietnam.
I find the mere suggestion that United States Special Operations need training form Israel laughable. These highly trained soldiers already have the skills to hunt down and kill he enemies of this country, so why not let them do their jobs. Take off the handcuffs. And while some in the media would say that the American public has the right to know what is going on with its young men fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, they don’t. Secrecy is key to keeping these men safe while serving this country. The morons in the press only care about selling papers or TV time to see the big picture. Reporting on covert mission’s weather being being carried out by a PMC filling a vital hole in the system or Special Operations Forces fighting far behind the lines in a country we are not officially in gets soldiers killed. Allowing the media to embed with combat troops is the worst idea I’ve ever had the misfortune to be settled with. These vultures need to stay out of the business of men and stay where they are safe, chasing ambulances in the states.
As for the PMC and its dealings with the CIA, I think someone is finally using their head and figured out a way to get things done despite the incompetence of the civilians in the government. This country needs men like this, war is a nasty business and we are the only ones playing by the rules, while the other team is anything goes. We are doomed to repeat the problems of Vietnam by allowing this kind of thinking to continue. By covertly going into Pakistan and other countries. Hunting down and killing the bad guys, we might just win this war. By killing them we avoid the problem of where to house them and weather they deserve to be tried by military or civilian courts. There terrorist don’t deserve the rights afforded to American citizens, point blank, again let the professionals worry about war, all we need from the money hungry, corrupt and clueless masses in the congress and senate, is TASK AND PURPOSE, then just step aside and watch. But thinking that we can make an omelet without breaking a few eggs is asinine.
Wake Up America
Take the shackles, and fetters off of our lagitamit military and the need for mercinaries would not exist. As you say politics do not belong in this equation. The vultures in public office need to be purged, and replaced by true patriots. The true patriots need to stand up. We veterans need to continue our public service and get elected to serve again and clean house in our government, from local all the way to federal.
Oldleatherneck – AMEN!
Hey it’s like I said before. One of the ‘collateral duties’ of the Congress and Senate should be that they must join the National Guard (only exceptions are arm or leg missing or at least 6 years active before). OK, each state has two senators so they switch off who goes first for combat (in case they should get killed it doesn’t really change the state government that much) and each state has so many representatives so they can’t take them all at once to the battlefield. I would like to see some sleazy Congressional Aides get shot at so let’s throw them in. Maybe we can have the losing party have the frontlines too. I bet this will REALLY spice things up at election time and I bet it would slow down the ‘hanky panky’ of traveling to foreign countries and/ or getting caught using taxpayer’s money for illegal purposes. Heck, it might even stop this business about quitting at mid term for no good reason (you can quit, but you’re still in the guard for the full six… GI”. “Ohhh, sailor, such a manly voice” . That don’t work with me maam, I’m a democrat”.
You know at first I thought it was funny, but the more I think about it… I mean if we saved all them no good Banks that even with a college diploma, don’t know how to read a house sale contract with all that money last year, (which they gave to all their execs bonuses with at chrispness time). Why not give this a try? The world famous ‘POTOMAC SHUFFLE’ takes on a whole new meaning after this.
Mr. Jason Charles,
This story is nothing more than baseless claims, wrapped into a story of COMPLETE BULLSHIT, not ONCE throughout the entire article have you offered ONE fact from a reliable source. Al Jazeera is hardly a reliable news source, since they have been proven to be time and again extremely Anti-West, and specifically Anti-American. It is truly sad that you can completely degrade the service of the prestigious units you slandered in this fictional story. My background is none of your business. However, I have worked with many elements of the US Military for many years, and the men and women who compose those units are among the most Patriotic Americans this country could have placed in its service. They have ALL sworn an OATH to defend the US Constitution, not a One World Government as you fraudulently claim. If anything ever was to happen to that sacred document the first people to run to its defense would be the men and women of those units. Since you have never taken the time (or interest) to talk to us directly, you of course do not know who we are, or what principles we use to govern our lives daily.
Here is the real story: the American Socialist Liberal Democrats for years have looked at the US Constitution as a hindrance, rather than a blessing, because it is the one document standing between them and the implementation of an American Socialist Dictatorship. The watchdogs over that document are the members of the US Military and they will defend that document with an ARMED resistance. Mr. Jeremy Scahill ironically has long standing ties to several Anti-Military and Anti-American organizations such as: the American Socialist Workers Party and the American Communist Party to name a few. For years those groups have advocated the destruction of the US Constitution; currently, they have the means to slander the people who defend that document daily by way of the internet. So YOU my friend are either to naïve to figure out who you are ACTUALLY working for, or YOU are knowledgably working with them. So which one is it?
Sincerely,
Rocketritch88
Did you vote for Bush?
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Thank god for the Patriot Act… now law enforcement officers can search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s permission or knowledge, the FBI can search telephone, e-mail, and financial records without a court order and there is expanded access of law enforcement agencies to business records, including library and financial records and much more to keep this country safe. If you think that this wrong, you are not a patriot and want this country to become a weak target for our enemies! Not.
How interesting. A web site purporting to be for veterans, yet smacks of the Socialist Daily Worker. I wonder how many phoney veterans work at and support this site. John ‘CIA Magic Hat’ Kerry’s type veterans? Or the frauds that real veterans are hunting down for prosecution as posers? You people are just like the rest of the left – false advertising and lies.
Imagine someone from Portland Oregon calling someone else a leftie!
We know who we are. We don’t know who u are.
You simply seem like another neofascist loud mouth sheeple.
Grow a name.
Grow a pair.
Stop being so damned anti-American. Behind every flag waver is a yellow streak.
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CTLO, Thats a real catchey name.You can come out from the adult book section of the newsstand now. We have finally ID, you from our Pedophile folder, Mercenary Wanta Be. PS, Quit playing with yourself in public, Your giving our operatives a bad reputation.
Bottom line. If u ain’t got anything to hide than a searcs and wire tap should be no problem at all. Only those with secrets should be afraid. Be very afraid. Lol. Lol
We will be by later…to pick up your guns, cut a big window into the side of your house…and in the process will search, with dogs, your entire property.
Then we start on your neighbors.
The only reason we aren’t heading this way is because mr bush is gone…..we had 8 years of this….he and his gang were sent packing before they could start the gun seizures….which were planned…..to limit the possibility of domestic terrorism.
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Republicans left office armed and dangerous.
Will corporate owned armies dictate & stage mankind’s future ?
The empire’s Praetorian Guard could presage the final stage in the collapse of American democracy.
based on the work of Jeremy Scahill, I committed 3 clips for after crossing the info I thought these guys & the brass covering for them are the worst development in recent war history…
BLACKWATER : GLOBAL THREAT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PTO4BmG4zA&feature=channel
BLACKWATER : THE CRUSADE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpRz4CvMqo
BLACKWATER : THE SHADOW WAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfu44knmLOE
Scahill keeps the heat on here…
http://rebelreports.com/
“The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and who, by holding out vague promises of future peace or by instilling fear of foreign aggression, try to make us accomplices to their plans.” – Hermann Hesse