Secret UAE Desert Force Set Up By Blackwater’s Founder -- MSNBC/New York TimesDocuments show 800-strong mercenary force is aimed at UAE's external — and internal — foes.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital. Whisked through customs by an Emirati intelligence officer, the group boarded an unmarked bus and drove roughly 20 miles to a windswept military complex in the desert sand.
The Colombians had entered the United Arab Emirates posing as construction workers. In fact, they were soldiers for a secret American-led mercenary army being built by Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of Blackwater Worldwide, with $529 million from the oil-soaked sheikdom.
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My Comment: The UAE is a sovereign state .... and they can do what they want. The fact that they contracted the establishment of a military force from individuals like Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is their business, and as long as Erik Prince does not break US law (which he is not), they are free to do what they want.