I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Jeremy Scahill, the country’s foremost expert on private military firms, reports in the Nation that he has been told by several sources that Blackwater founder Erik Prince is preparing to move to the United Arab Emirates after selling his company. That country, Scahill notes, has no extradition treaty with the United States.
Sources close to Blackwater and its secretive owner Erik Prince claim that the embattled head of the world’s most infamous mercenary firm is planning to move to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Middle Eastern nation, a major hub for the US war industry, has no extradition treaty with the United States…
While Prince has not personally been charged with any crimes, federal investigators and several Congressional committees clearly have his company and inner circle in their sights. The Nation learned of Prince’s alleged plans to move to the UAE from three separate sources. One Blackwater source told The Nation that Prince intends to sell his company quickly, saying the “sale is going to be a fast move within a couple of months.”
The UAE is a collection of seven states on the Arabian Pensinsula, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi, both of which are major hubs for both arms trafficking and banking. Each state is a monarchy. They are predominately Muslim states but relatively secular compared to nations like Saudi Arabia. Women are allowed to drive and even alcohol is allowed to a certain extent. If one is going to choose from the countries that do not have extradition treaties with the US, the UAE is one of the better choices.
Whether this story is true or not remains to be seen, of course. But there are multiple civil suits and criminal investigations going on regarding Blackwater, as the article indicates, and Scahill has a record of being well-connected and accurate in his reporting on Blackwater.
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