Daniel Tencer
Raw Story
The northeast African country of Somalia has been one of the world’s most notorious failed states for more than two decades. Its current government has been pushed out of most of the country’s territory and now controls a fraction of the capital city, and high-seas piracy off the country’s coast has been the scourge of shipping companies for years.
But for Erik Prince, founder of the notorious security contractor formerly known as Blackwater, that’s not a reason to flee the country — it’s a financial opportunity.
According to news reports published Thursday, Prince has partnered with an African-based security company, Saracen International, to win security contracts from the Somali government that would see the mercenaries fight the on-land part of the war against Somali high-seas pirates, and would also go after al-Shabab, the Islamist militant group that has the Somali government cornered in parts of Mogadishu, the capital.
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