Warren Strobel and Jonathan Landay
Revealed media reports recently published in U.S. newspapers, several attempts to actively carried out by company "Blackwater" security of America to get deals, arming, training and security, the Government of South Sudan, was the "Blackwater" works in spite of the economic embargo imposed by the United States Sudan.
The economic embargo violations committed by the owner, Erik Prince, "Black Water", a main focus of investigations by federal authorities about the activities of "Blackwater" suspicious, these activities include the export of illegally, and bribes.
It should be noted that Erik Prince has had links with close connections to senior officials in the White House and the CIA under George Bush, said a U.S. official in connection with the issue of "Blackwater," The Obama administration decided not to bring criminal charges against the "Blackwater" At this time, and instead, the Obama administration is negotiating with "Blackwater" on the fine millions of dollars to settle charges the company violated U.S. export controls on the Sudan, Iraq and elsewhere. More recently, Erik Prince is the name of his company and called it "X E M" for services in order to evade the charges and a bad reputation, coupled with the old name. In the last month, Prince announced his desire to sell the company, despite receiving two decades of security by the Obama administration, and "CIA" worth a combined $ 220 million.
Exploit the riches of the south
The media reports that "Blackwater" was seeking to establish a foothold in southern Sudan, in order to exploit its oil and mineral resources. According to two senior officials of the previous U.S. administration, the Prince, the Government of Southern Sudan, delivering a package of activities and equipment defensive implemented by his company against an undertaking to the southern government to allocate half the wealth of South Sudan mineral for the benefit of "Blackwater" and Erik Prince, who committed his atrocities in Iraq, known Ptpartyh The overwhelming religious enmity to Islam and Muslims, a member of the evangelical organization Muturp, one of its high objectives extermination of Muslims. Therefore care penetration Prince his company in southern Sudan, because he wanted to advocate a Christian-majority south at the expense of northern Sudan, which has a Muslim majority.
The sought-Prince personally to put pressure on Dick Cheney when the latter was Vice President Bush, in order to lift the sanctions on Southern Sudan, said former U.S. official, said that a meeting in which he was Prince, incites Cheney to exempt South Sudan from the ban, held in Cheney's plane official "Air Force 2" as well as the Prince's aides participated in the drafting of a letter sent by Commander Salva Kiir of Southern Sudan to George Bush asking, ending the sanctions.
According to documents related to violations of the "Blackwater", several U.S. newspapers, was able to access them, that Dick Cheney was supporting the activities of Blackwater's business.
Profits and business opportunities and promising
The Bradford Phillips of the most controversial figures in the question of "Blackwater", and Bradford Philips activist evangelical extremist previously worked in Congress, and now runs a non-profit organization, based in Virginia, is promoting what it calls, "the plight of Christians in southern Sudan." And it claims it works for pro Mshieddi southern Sudan.
At the request of Erik Prince, met with Bradford Phillips with officials of the Government of Southern Sudan, and has recommend services security protection promoted by the "Black Water," and recommended that officials of the South by also created Brad Ford, Philips and provided favorable conditions for the holding of meetings between Silva Kiir and Erik Prince in Africa and Washington, meetings were held in Washington in November 2005 at the Marriott Hotel which is located near the White House.
At the Washington meetings, the person who is leading the promotion of services and sales of "Blackwater", a man named Cofer Black, a former senior official in the "CIA" In the U.S. State Department.
In 2005 concluded a peace agreement sponsored by the United States, 22 years of war between north and south Sudan, after weeks of assuming the leadership of the Government of Southern Sudan, killed John Garang in a crash mysterious helicopter was carrying him, has taken advantage of "Blackwater" incident Garang's death in order to promote their services to persuade the Bush administration and that the protection of the new leader who will succeed Garang, that can support U.S. policy objectives. It was a "Blackwater" in southern Sudan, see an opportunity to make huge profits.
They negotiated a contract with an initial two million dollars, to train the crews personal security of the leader Salva Kiir, the new, the "Blackwater" in the early .2007 drafts of contracts valued at more than one hundred million dollars to equip and train an army of southern Sudan. And that South Sudan was suffering from a lack of liquidity, sought "Blackwater," said the former U.S. official, to get 50% of the mineral wealth of the south potential.
Besides oil and gas reserves are known, southern Sudan has huge reserves and untapped gold, iron and diamonds.
He says another U.S. official, that: the majority of people do not know that these materials exist in southern Sudan, but Blackwater learn about them, and in spite of all drafts of contracts that worked hard, "Blackwater" to implement it, U.S. officials said that the draft "Blackwater" in southern Sudan has not seen the light. Ding Ding said Niall, deputy director of the Office of South Sudan in Washington: "Blackwater" and faced several problems in Iraq, has been unable to implement its projects in southern Sudan. Services were not met, Ding said he had no information on the contracts have been negotiated or signed. In any case, investigators found federal evidence of violation of campaign sales of "Blackwater" to ban the U.S., and the laws of supervision and control of U.S. exports, and the violation as well as the legislation of corrupt practices of Foreign Affairs, which aims to prevent U.S. companies from bribing foreign officials to get the deals and trade facilitation.
And violations that are suspected of "Blackwater" has committed, including, broker to provide defense services without a license certification from the U.S. government, and charging phones satellite, and equipment e-mail encrypted, to officials of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as seeking to open a joint account with the Government South Bank in Minnesota.
Achieve the federal
Check the activities of "Blackwater" in Sudan, is a part of extensive investigations, initiated by the federal authorities in 2006 included charges of paying bribes to officials in Jordan, Iraq, Sudan, and allegations of illegal export of rifles, silencers and other military equipment to the Middle East, said that "Blackwater "It was made part of this equipment concealed in shipments of food to the dogs.
In the month of April last, addressed a federal grand jury indicted Gary Jackson, former president of Blackwater and other officials who were working in the company of violating weapons legislation in the United States. Have been charged for the same company, or Erik Prince, or any official of the current officials in the company.
And not to bring charges against Blackwater in the case of Sudan, a matter of controversy and suspicion. In this regard, it attaches a former official in the State Department, a relationship issue, saying: Anything that comes into contact with a dangerous country like Sudan is of paramount importance.
Some U.S. officials that "Blackwater" has received special treatment from the U.S. government, and strengthen this assumption if we recognize that "Blackwater" has approved the export of some violations committed by the heat of America, also showed that the case documents.
Promises are disabled
If convicted of "Blackwater" by the subjects of corruption in foreign countries and the arms trade controls, this will cause the loss of the company (m), the heir of Blackwater more than 95% of its business.
These include business, protecting the headquarters of the "CIA," in Kabul, and participating in the rhythm and the assassination of al Qaeda leaders, a program that has not been implemented.
It is worth mentioning that the rush of "Black Water" to work in Sudan began as an attempt to expand its business outside of Iraq, especially after the leak of information and numerous reports of its activities when dirty, and the killing of four security guards belonging to the company in an ambush in 2006.
Africa was represented at the time of the Blackwater, a new market, and seemed to cause division between Christians and Muslims in the Sudan as a front of the fronts is Bush's war on terror, for some officials, "Blackwater." U.S. officials say they have a good background on Sudanese politics, the U.S. State Department and "CIA" were encouraging "Blackwater" to view its security services to the leaders of South Sudan, because the American administration was afraid of the vulnerability of these leaders for assassination and provided the Bush administration's promises of protection, and secure communications and air transport for the southern leader John Garang. However, these promises have not materialized, and behind the sudden death of Garang in 2005, heartbreak and bitterness big backers in Washington.
A month before the death of Garang, met with Prince Eric Bradford Philips, who was a friend of Garang, in order to Itnaakeca the possibility of outsourcing training bodyguards for Garang to Blackwater.
It was Erik Prince have been known to Brad Phillips Ford during a meeting with the rank of their parents, Edgar Prince, industrial and conservative activist Howard Phillips, the leading activists in the radical Christian movement.
After the death of Garang flew Bradford Phillips to Juba, south Sudan's capital, and met with Salva Kiir, Garang's successor and has sought to convince the services of "Blackwater." During his travels to Sudan, was Bradford Philips accompanied by sometimes Christopher Taylor, Vice President of the "Blackwater", which was heading the company's initiative to work in Sudan, has refused to Phillips again and again, to comment on the issue of "Blackwater" to the press and the expulsion of journalists tried to meet him at his home in Virginia . It should be noted that none of the men (Christopher Taylor Ford and Brad Phillips), are not directed to any charges.
Equipment and training
Documents show the issue of "Blackwater", said the company was heavily involved in southern Sudan even before the lifting of sanctions on the province in 2006.
In November 2005 visited Silva Kiir and Washington and met with Dick Cheney, during his presence in Washington, met with Kerr and his staff with LED Blackwater, Erik Prince, Christopher Taylor and the remarkable thing that Cofer Black, an intelligence officer with the American veteran was in a meeting Salva Kiir and leaders of the Black Water.
At that meeting, held at the Marriott Hotel in Washington, Cofer Black gave a presentation of the promotional capabilities of the Black Water, Salva Kiir urged to exert pressure on Bush to lift sanctions against South Sudan. After several days of the meeting of the Marriott, the two closest advisers CARE tour which inspected facilities Blackwater huge Muyuc (North Carolina).
Was confirmed by a senior official of the Government of Southern Sudan visit the headquarters of Blackwater, said that the government, Salva Kiir, was seeking to provide advanced training for bodyguards, and they also want, get in on Mobile Satellite locked so as not to be able to Khartoum government intercepted or tracked.
In February 2006 he visited Christopher Taylor's "Vice President of Blackwater," and Brad Ford Phillips Sudan, and made Taylor Salva Kiir and his aides, Mobile Alsatalayt and blades email insured, and taylor made to the Government, Salva Kiir, a formal offer of "Blackwater" to purchase the products and services, the security company.
In the following months, when the U.S. sanctions remain in force, stepped up, "Blackwater" marketing activities, and included such activities, a meeting between Erik Prince and Salva Kiir in Nairobi, and a third visit to Sudan by Taylor.
In October, October, 2006, Bush issued a presidential order to lift the sanctions on Southern Sudan, the lifting of sanctions has coincided with the findings of federal investigators to the conclusion, bypassing the "Blackwater" red lines in the dealings of the Defence Services business.
Days after the issuance of Bush's order, concluded initial negotiations between the "Blackwater" and the Government of South Sudan, was intended to conclude a contract to train bodyguards for Silva Kiir, was not clear whether this contract has been executed or not.
Date conflict
Sudan is the largest country in Africa in terms of area, has suffered from civil war lasted 22 years between its majority Muslim north, south and its majority Christian and atheist, and a star for the war dead and displaced tens of thousands. In the past year accused the International Criminal Court, President Omar al-Bashir of committing war crimes court claimed that it stems from the conflict in the Darfur region. In the nineties, the State Department added Sudan to the list of countries which it calls a sponsor of terrorism, Sudan has been harboring Osama bin Laden, one of the main reasons that led to append Sudan regulation.
In 1997, it imposed former President Bill Clinton's comprehensive sanctions on the Sudan, was intended to weaken the government of Islamic radicalism. In 2005, signed a comprehensive peace agreement ended the war between north and south. In spite of this, there is concern and apprehension of the possibility of the outbreak of civil war again if it chose the south secede in a referendum scheduled to take place in January next, and specialists say the Sudanese issue, the parties are working to arm themselves quickly.
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