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Smilo

(1,944 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:13 PM Mar 2013

So tell me what type of company you think Academi is?

If you said school stuff - you would be wrong.

It is Prince's new Blackwater, Xe - my brother brought this to my attention.

Scummy bastard Prince is now:

Academi—previously known as Xe Services LLC, Blackwater USA and Blackwater Worldwide—is a private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark.[3][4] Academi is currently the largest of the U.S. State Department's three private security contractors. Academi provided diplomatic security services in Iraq to the United States federal government on a contractual basis.[1] Academi also has a research and development wing that was responsible for developing the Grizzly APC along with other military technology. The company's headquarters is in Arlington County, Virginia.[5][6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi


I guess you have to keep changing your name when the whole world hates you - and so why not go for a name that brings to mind innocent children sitting in classrooms with caring teachers.

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So tell me what type of company you think Academi is? (Original Post) Smilo Mar 2013 OP
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