Friday, June 8, 2007

Blackwater

Raleigh, NC - The families of four American security contractors who were burned, beaten, dragged through the streets of Fallujah and their decapitated bodies hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River on March 31, 2004, are reaching out to the American public to help protect themselves against the very company their loved ones were serving when killed, Blackwater Security Consulting. After Blackwater lost a series of appeals all the away to the U.S. Supreme Court, Blackwater has now changed its tactics and is suing the dead men's estates for $10 million to silence the families and keep them out of court.
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Blackwater is owned by Erik Prince, a billionaire right-wing fundamentalist Christian from a powerful Michigan Republican family.
A defense fund has been established by which the public is able to donate money to assist the families with litigation costs and expenses.It will be interesting to see how many church members step up to help these families.

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