American mercenaries hired by United Arab Emirates to curb Iran

May 30, 2011

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Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks: The billionaire founder of Blackwater Worldwide, a scandal-plagued US security firm accused of abuses in Iraq, was hired by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to put together an 800-member battalion of foreign troops, The New York Times has reported. Erik Prince, who came to live in the United Arab Emirates last year after his security business faced mounting legal problems in the United States, is using $529 million from the sheikdom to complete the mission. The force is intended to conduct special operations missions inside and outside the country, against targets like Iran, defend oil pipelines and skyscrapers from terrorist attacks and put down internal revolts.

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