Classified UN report says Blackwater tried to overthrow Libya government
Eric Prince, former chief executive officer of Blackwater Worldwide, attends a wreath laying ceremony with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, at the Eternal Light Monument in Madison Square Park during the Veteran s Day parade in New York, U.S., on 11 Nov. 2019. [Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images] February 23, 2021 at 1:23 pm
A classified report prepared by UN investigators revealed that the founder of the private security company Blackwater, Eric Prince, violated the arms embargo in Libya and tried to overthrow the internationally recognised government twice in 2019,
Reuters reported.
The report stated, according to
Declan Walsh, The New York Times
Published: 20 Feb 2021 08:30 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Feb 2021 08:30 PM BdST Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, heads to a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on Nov 30, 2017. Prince offered to supply weapons, drones and mercenaries to a Libyan militia commander seeking to overthrow the government, according to UN investigators. (Zach Gibson/The New York Times)
Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to UN investigators.
Trump ally violated UN arms embargo with Libya mission involving British mercenaries, leaked report alleges
The mission allegedly included plans to track and kill Libyan commanders, including some who were also European Union citizens
Erik Prince
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An ally of Donald Trump violated an arms embargo on Libya by sending British and other foreign mercenaries into the midst of the country s civil war, UN investigations found in a report seen by US media outlets.
The confidential report is the result of an 18-month investigation and was delivered to the UN Security Council on Thursday and later leaked to the