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CIA asked Blackwater to kill A Q Khan, claims agency's founder | In a stunning revelation, US private security service agency, Blackwater's founder, Erik Prince, has claimed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had asked the agency to kill Pakistani nuclear scientist, Dr. A Q Khan.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Prince said the CIA had asked the Blackwater
to eliminate Dr. Khan, however, authorities in Washington "chose not to pull the
trigger." "Dr Khan's inclusion in the target list would suggest that the assassination
effort was broader than has previously been acknowledged," Prince said. According
to The New York Times, Prince has also admitted Blackwater's participation in
some of the CIA's most sensitive operations, including raids on suspected militants
in Iraq and Afghanistan . Prince said Blackwater's, which now known as Xe Worldwide
Services, role changed remarkably after its officials started providing security
cover to CIA operatives in the field. Raids on suspected insurgents in Iraq ,
known as 'snatch and grab' operations, were mostly carried out during nights between
2004 and 2006. The newspaper quoted several former Blackwater guards as saying
that operations to capture and kill militants in Iraq and Afghanistan became so
routine, that Blackwater personnel sometimes became partners in the missions rather
than simply providing the security for the CIA officials. However, the current
management of the Xe Services has denied any association with the CIA in its secret
operations. "Blackwater was never under contract to participate in covert raids
with CIA or Special Forces troops in Iraq , Afghanistan or anywhere else. Any
allegation to the contrary by any news organisation would be false," said Mark
Corallo, a spokesman for Xe Services. |
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