Erik Prince and the Failed Plot to Arm a CIA Asset-Turned-Warlord in Libya blacklistednews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from blacklistednews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
February 26 2021, 10:00 a.m.
In 2019, Erik Prince, the founder of the notorious mercenary firm Blackwater and a prominent Donald Trump supporter, aided a plot to move U.S.-made attack helicopters, weapons, and other military equipment from Jordan to a renegade commander fighting for control of war-torn Libya. A team of mercenaries planned to use the aircraft to help the commander, Khalifa Hifter, a U.S. citizen and former CIA asset, defeat Libya’s U.N.-recognized and U.S.-backed government. While the U.N. has alleged that Prince helped facilitate the mercenary effort, sources with knowledge of the chain of events, as well as documents obtained by The Intercept, reveal new details about the scheme as well as Prince’s yearslong campaign to support Hifter in his bid to take power in Libya.