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MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-khalil-attorney-interview-lawsuit-trump-pam-bondi-linda-mcmahon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-kha</span><span class="invisible">lil-attorney-interview-lawsuit-trump-pam-bondi-linda-mcmahon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DropSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DropSite</span></a> </p><p>Exclusive: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>'s Attorney on Breaking Developments in detained <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> Graduate's case </p><p>by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> 19 March 2025 </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineNOW</span></a> 🇵🇸</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p>Who is <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheNation</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> (17 years ago)</p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqM4tKPDlR8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=nqM4tKPDlR</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a>: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ShadowArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShadowArmy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> 🤮 </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USAFascistShitShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAFascistShitShow</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Xe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xe</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/mustafa-barghouti-gaza-west-bank-normalization" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropsitenews.com/p/mustafa-bar</span><span class="invisible">ghouti-gaza-west-bank-normalization</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DropSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DropSite</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MustafaBarghouti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MustafaBarghouti</span></a> on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ApartheidIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidIsrael</span></a>'s Defeat in <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>, Saudi Normailsation, and the War on the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SharifAbdelKoudous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharifAbdelKoudous</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> 24 jan. 2025 </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineNOW</span></a> 🇵🇸</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aULNgLFlEiE&amp;pp=ygUNRGVtb2NyYWN5IG5vdw%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=aULNgLFlEi</span><span class="invisible">E&amp;pp=ygUNRGVtb2NyYWN5IG5vdw%3D%3D</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DanielLevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielLevy</span></a>, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MuhammadShehada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuhammadShehada</span></a>, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CeasefireDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireDeal</span></a>, Trump's 'Role', and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>'s Future </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineNOW</span></a> 🇵🇸</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kTD_JhwFoc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7kTD_JhwFo</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Zeteo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zeteo</span></a> 18 October 2024</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MehdiHasan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MehdiHasan</span></a>, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RulaJebreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RulaJebreal</span></a> , and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> discuss <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/YahyaSinwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YahyaSinwar</span></a> and what this means </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineNOW</span></a>🇵🇸</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75tZpaZlQbE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=75tZpaZlQb</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> (founder of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DropSiteNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DropSiteNews</span></a>, and was the co-founder of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Theintercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theintercept</span></a>): Discusses the New Head of hamas, Questions About Haniyeh Assassination &amp; <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> Retaliation </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineNow</span></a> 🇵🇸</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc4atK6DzpM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=cc4atK6Dzp</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p>'On the Record with HAmas': <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> Speaks with Hamas About 7 October, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ceasefire</span></a> Talks and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ApartheidIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidIsrael</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CessezLeFeu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CessezLeFeu</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestineNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineNOW</span></a>🇵🇸</p>
Linking Dot<p>1/2 Jeremy Scahill: 11 years after I co-founded The Intercept, I have left the organization to build something new.…My colleague Ryan Grim and I are launching Drop Site News, a non-aligned, investigative news organization.…<br>There will be a time and place to tell the story of what happened at The Intercept, but right now my focus is on producing uncompromising journalism. 1/2<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RyanGrim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanGrim</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheIntercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntercept</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/oct7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oct7</span></a><br><a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/im-leaving-the-intercept-and-starting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropsitenews.com/p/im-leaving-</span><span class="invisible">the-intercept-and-starting</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXNPWHGOsEQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fXNPWHGOsE</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheIntercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntercept</span></a> speaks to The hill about <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NYTCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTCensorship</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>🇵🇸 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/OccupiedTerrirtories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OccupiedTerrirtories</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massacre</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CarnageInGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarnageInGaza</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2024/02/28/ne</span><span class="invisible">w-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheIntercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntercept</span></a> 28 February 2024<br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BetweenTheHammerAndTheAnvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BetweenTheHammerAndTheAnvil</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RyanGrimm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanGrimm</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DanielBoguslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielBoguslaw</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=BMNV0Csj46Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=BMNV</span><span class="invisible">0Csj46Q</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheIntercept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheIntercept</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> : <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> lacks evidence to claim Hamas weaponised seexual violence on 7 October</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EndTheOccupationNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheOccupationNOW</span></a> 🇵🇸</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Security Firm Running <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaAccessPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DakotaAccessPipeline</span></a> Intelligence Has Ties to U.S. Military Work in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iraq</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a></p><p>By Steve Horn<br>Oct 28, 2016</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TigerSwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TigerSwan</span></a> is one of several security firms under investigation for its work guarding the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota while potentially without a permit. Besides this recent work on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandingRockSioux</span></a> protests in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthDakota</span></a>, this company has offices in Iraq and Afghanistan and is run by a special forces Army veteran.</p><p>"According to a summary of the investigation, TigerSwan 'is in charge of Dakota Access intelligence and supervises the overall security.'</p><p>"The Morton County, North Dakota, Sheriff’s Department also recently concluded that another security company, Frost Kennels, operated in the state while unlicensed to do so and could face criminal charges. The firm’s attack dogs bit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> at a heated Labor Day weekend protest.</p><p>"Law enforcement and private security at the North Dakota pipeline protests have faced criticism for maintaining a militarized presence in the area. The American Civil Liberties Union (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>) and National Lawyer’s Guild have filed multiple open records requests to learn more about the extent of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarization</span></a>, and over 133,000 citizens have signed a petition calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene and quell the backlash.</p><p>"The Federal Aviation Administration has also implemented a no-fly zone, which bars anyone but law enforcement from flying within a 4-mile radius and 3500 feet above the ground in the protest area. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DallasGoldtooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DallasGoldtooth</span></a>, an organizer on the scenes in North Dakota with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork</span></a>, said on Facebook that '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAPL</span></a> private security planes and choppers were flying all day' within the designated no-fly zone. </p><p>"Donnell Hushka, the designated public information officer for the North Dakota Tactical Operation Center, which is tasked with overseeing the no-fly zone, did not respond to repeated queries about designated private entities allowed to fly in no-fly zone airspace.</p><p>"What is TigerSwan?</p><p>"TigerSwan has offices in Iraq, Afghanistan, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jordan</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a> and has headquarters in North Carolina. In the past year, TigerSwan won two U.S. Department of State contracts worth over $7 million to operate in Afghanistan, according to USASpending.gov.</p><p>"TigerSwan, however, claims on its website that the contract is worth $25 million, and said in a press release that the State Department contract called for the company to 'monitor, assess, and advise current and future nation building and stability initiatives in Afghanistan.' Since 2008, TigerSwan has won about $57.7 million worth of U.S. government contracts and subcontracts for security services.</p><p>"Company founder and CEO James Reese, a veteran of the elite Army Delta Force, served as the 'lead advisor for Special Operations to the Director of the CIA for planning, operations and integration for the invasion of Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom' in Iraq, according to his company biography. Army Delta partakes in mostly covert and high-stakes missions and is part of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), the latter well known for killing Osama Bin Laden. </p><p>"One of TigerSwan’s advisory board members, Charles Pittman, has direct ties to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGasIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGasIndustry</span></a>. Pittman “served as President of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amoco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amoco</span></a> Egypt Oil Company, Amoco Eurasia Petroleum Company, and Regional President BP Amoco plc. (covering the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a>, the Caspian Sea region, Egypt, and India),' according to his company biography.</p><p>'Sad, But Not Surprising'</p><p>"Investigative journalist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JeremyScahill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyScahill</span></a> told <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a>! in a 2009 interview that TigerSwan did some covert operations work with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> USA, dubbed the 'world’s most powerful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercenary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercenary</span></a> army' in his book by the same name. Blackwater has also guarded <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilPipelines</span></a> in central <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a>, according to Scahill’s book.</p><p>"Reese advised Blackwater and took a leave of absence from TigerSwan in 2008 in the aftermath of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NisourSquareMassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NisourSquareMassacre</span></a>, a shooting in Iraq conducted by Blackwater officers which saw 17 Iraqi civilians killed. TigerSwan has a business relationship with Babylon Eagles Security Company, a private security firm headquartered in Iraq which also has had business ties with Blackwater.</p><p>"'It is sad, but not surprising, that this firm has ties to the US interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq,' Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led peace group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CODEPINK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CODEPINK</span></a> and the co-founder of the human rights group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalExchange</span></a>, told DeSmog. 'It is another terrifying example of how our violent interventions abroad come home to haunt us in the form of repression and violation of our civil rights.'</p><p>"The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Private Investigation and Security Board are also conducting parallel investigations to the one recently completed by Morton County. TigerSwan did not comment on questions posed about their contract."</p><p><a href="https://www.desmog.com/2016/10/28/private-security-firm-dakota-access-iraq-afghanistan-blackwater/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">desmog.com/2016/10/28/private-</span><span class="invisible">security-firm-dakota-access-iraq-afghanistan-blackwater/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TigerSwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TigerSwan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDAPL</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Covert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covert</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a>
<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a></p>