Trump’s Foreign Policy Advisor Teamed Up With Blackwater & A Saudi Prince To Arm Al-Qaida In Syria

Joseph Schmitz was accused of protecting key officials in the George W. Bush administration from prosecution, misusing taxpayer money, and accepting gifts as bribes during his tenure as inspector general at the Department of Defense.

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By MintPress News Desk
Joseph E. Schmitz, then Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Defense, displays his official badge to reporters, after speaking at the Cleveland City Club, in Cleveland in 2004.

MINNEAPOLIS --- Joseph Schmitz, Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisor, is facing criticism for his involvement in a plot to arm Syrian rebels with close ties to al-Qaida. The Republican nominee’s ties to Schmitz, whose reputation is also colored by his links to Blackwater mercenaries and corruption at the Department of Defense, seems poised to

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Blackwater/Academi Mercenaries Procured By United Arab Emirates Are Now Fighting In Yemen

The Saudis and the Emirates are grasping at any straws within their reach in order to shore up their faltering military campaign in Yemen.

Brandon Turbeville
By Brandon Turbeville
Private military contractors have been an integral part of Saudi Arabia's strategy to win it's ground war in Yemen, something the inexperienced Saudi military has been unable to accomplish. (Khalid Mohammed/AP)

Receiving scant attention from Western mainstream media outlets except for a few notable exceptions, Americans and many alternative media outlets have remained ignorant to the fact that private mercenaries from Blackwater (aka Academi) appear to have been contracted by the GCC Gulf state feudal monarchies to assist in the military war of terror in

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‘Blackwater Mercenaries’ Are Fighting For Saudi Arabia In Yemen

Saudi Arabia has been using paid mercenaries from around the world to gain a competitive edge in it’s failing offensive in Yemen, including, according to a Yemeni Army Spokesman, the infamous BlackWater.

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By MintPress News Desk
Private military contractors have been an integral part of Saudi Arabia's strategy to win it's ground war in Yemen, something the inexperienced Saudi military has been unable to accomplish. (Khalid Mohammed/AP)

SANAA, Yemen --- A spokesman for the Yemeni army told Russian media that hundreds of mercenaries are fighting in his country on behalf of Saudi Arabia and its allies. "They hire poor people from around the world to take part in the hostilities. Among them are Somalis and people from Sudanese tribes,” Brig. Gen. Sharaf Ghalib Luqman told the

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Blackwater Guards Face Long Prison Sentences For Iraq Shootings

The men were charged in the deaths of 14 Iraqis at Nisoor Square, a crowded traffic circle in downtown Baghdad. The killings caused an international uproar, and the men were convicted in October after a legal fight that spanned years.

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By Associated Press
Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Nicholas Slatten. A years-long legal fight over a deadly mass shooting of civilians in an Iraq war zone reaches its reckoning point, when four former Blackwater security guards are sentenced for the rampage. Three of the guards, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty and Paul Slough, face mandatory decades-long sentences because of firearms convictions. A fourth, Nicholas Slatten, faces a penalty of life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder.

Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Nicholas Slatten. A years-long legal fight over a deadly mass shooting of civilians in an Iraq war zone reaches its reckoning point, when four former Blackwater security guards are sentenced for the rampage. Three of the guards, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty and Paul Slough,

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Erik Prince: America’s Harbinger Of Death, And Democracy?

The Blackwater founder’s movements can be read like tea leaves: Wherever he goes, tragedy and death surely follow, trailed by tens of millions of dollars.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Blackwater CEO and founder Erik Prince (AP/Sara D. Davis)

Humanity has long shown its knack for developing belief in the validity of certain signs and portents as conveying a reliable prediction of the future. A comet, for instance, has often been interpreted as a signal that famine or war might soon make an appearance. Likewise, association of such things as the entry of one or more planets into a house

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