security firm blackwater violated the united nations arms embargo on libya twice when erik prince blackwater's founder said foreign mercenaries and weapons to support libyan warlord khalifa haftar are against the tripoli based government described as a well funded private military company operation the plan was for mercenaries to track down and kill libyan leaders and it would be fair to assume that the attacks could have resembled what happened to libya's interior minister on sunday a spokesperson for prince denied the accusations at the annual u.n. report the report will be officially released to the public next month for watching the hawks i'm alex. fascinating report being released but not when i am sorry not surprising look in my humble opinion erik prince you know mr mercenary mr blackwater best friend of the bush administration best friend of the trumpet ministration to me he's one of the most notorious and. worst figures of the early 21st century at this point so it's crazy because i haven't heard you know the blackwater name. in news in a while you know so the theme of this and you kn

security firm blackwater violated the united nations arms embargo on libya twice what erik prince blackwater'sfounder said foreign mercenaries and weapons to support libyan warlord khalifa haftar against the tripoli based government is even described as a well funded private military company operation the plan was for mercenaries to track down and kill libyan leaders and it would be fair to assume that the attacks could have resembled what happened to libya's interior minister on sunday a spokesperson for prince denied the accusations at the annual u.n. report the report will be officially released to the public next month this would be the 1st time that the u.s. has supported you know violations good you know un arms embargoes to achieve you know a in american centric outcome we we know that the us supported violations of the arms embargo in supporting croatia back during t.-o. balkans conflict the us was at the forefront of pushing featured weapons from libya to turkey and on to syrian rebels u.s. policy is it is a continuum in many cases it does you know having the united states be a close

defensive security they don't take part in active in military combat operations the thing with erik prince and blackwater was they were on the absolute end other end of that spare they were pushing the envelope trying to get with their own contracting into the realm of of military contracting becoming mercenaries becoming mercenaries the issue here is most terrorism is something that has been outlawed and but making a case as the gentleman colleague from the united states said making the case and also holding someone to count based on international law for most reason is highly highly difficult so erik prince was someone who has branded brant himself as one of the rebranded many of his companies it's not only one company has been rebranded after blackwater we shouldn't forget reflex limited which was a step or at sea which was established in the u.a.e. in 2010 which morphed into another entity then he had an entity to conduct and to piracy operations somalia in the 20020112012 again bankrolled by the u.a.e. the point here is it's not just backing from the united states of or foreign players the thing is

erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former education secretary betsy devadasi. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government libya in 2019 that's now a question al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a 121 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince help supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in violation of a u.n. arms embargo on libya. it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help attack was condemned by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh this won't be resolved through force of arms it's just no way that's going to take place we there's a un process we've been part of that and i have tars been part of that we urge them to have started stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a

contracting firm violated an arms embargo in libya it centers around the dealings of erik prince the former head of blackwater question some of the reports. erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former education secretary betsy devadasi. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government of libya in 2019 that's now a question al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a 121 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince help supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in violation of a u.n. arms embargo on libya. it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help attack was condemned by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh this won't be resolved through force of arms it's just no way that's going to take place we there's a u.n. process we've been part o

are a has gained access to parts of a confidential do you read report which finds that blackwater fell to erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya it says prince said weapons to warlord are trying to has more from misrata we don't know how much of this pacific operation was completed by blackwater but there have been reports dating back to 2017 where blackwater was coordinating with huff there to help him solidify his power base in eastern libya by supplying and and piloting areas air tractor attack planes so they've they've had a relationship before but this week the specific operation we don't know how much was completed yet there was some sort of a falling out of sorts. according moscow has upheld the kremlin critic alexina valley's prison sentence but it has shortened his term by 1.5 months he was already a sentence to nearly 3 years for violating his parole. president joe biden has declared the u.s. is back sweeping away donald trump's america 1st foreign policies biden address the munich security conference seeking to reassure allies sidelines during the trial views. protests against me in

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report which finds the blackwater founder erik prince violated noms embargo on libya and says prince sent weapons to war khalifa haftar. trying to has more from misrata. we don't know how much of this pacific operation was completed by blackwater but there have been reports did in back to 2017 were blackwater was coordinating with huffed or to help him solidify his power base in eastern libya by supplying and and pilots in areas air tractor attack planes so they've they've had a relationship before but this week the specific operation we don't know how much was completed yet there was some sort of a falling out of sorts a call to moscow is up held kremlin critic alexander on these prison sentence the has shortened his term by one and a half months was sentenced to 93 years for violating parole while he was in germany recovering from the reasoning has been severe flooding in indonesia's capital jakarta triggered by heavy rainfall in some parts homes was submerged up to 2 metres of water time pro-democracy groups are rallying outside parliament demanding the prime minister's resignation

stories al-jazeera has gained access to parts of a confidential un report which finds that blackwater founder erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya it says prince sent weapons to war holy for half the hour president joe biden has declared the u.s. is back sweeping away donald trump's america 1st foreign policy biden addressed the munich security conference seeking to reassure allies sidelines during the trump years there's been severe flooding in indonesia capital jakarta triggered by heavy rainfall evacuations are underway up to 180 centimeters of rain was recorded in some areas. washington has more from jakarta. there is overdevelopment q. much concrete a lack of green space over the extraction of ground water these are some of the factors that contribute to jakarta severe flooding every year and make the world's fastest sinking city the scientists that we've spoken to say that the jakarta governor nice bus wait and has not acted as he had promised and has instead of focusing on driven normalization widening the rivers to make the city more resilient against flooding he's focused on the aesthet

contracting firm violated an arms embargo in libya it centers around the dealings of erik prince the former head of blackwater and prominent ally of donald trump the report explains how he allegedly sent weapons to a militia commander was trying to overthrow the internationally recognized government in tripoli breaching the arms embargo exposes prints to possible un sanctions prince is the brother of trump's former education secretary betsy divorce but jason packer's the founder of libya analysis he says the findings of the un report though did much deeper than just erik prince. i would look at eric prince's policy as the shadow foreign policy of not trump but particularly jarryd questioner because it's the nexus between jared questionnaire the emma roddy's particularly m.b. said and erik prince who made policy outside of the formal channels of the state department of defense department and that characterized trump policy towards many different conflicts biden is going to be keen just to revert to consensus policy done within our formal institutions the defense department in the state department and he's not

erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former education secretary betsy divide us. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government libya in 2019 that's now a question. al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a 121 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince help supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in violation of a u.n. arms embargo on libya. it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help attack was condemned by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh this won't be resolved through force of arms it's just no way that's going to take place we there's a un process we've been part of that and i have tars been part of that we urge them to have to stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a po

contracting firm violated an arms embargo in libya it centers around the dealings of erik prince the former head of blackwater and prominent ally of donald trump the report explains how he allegedly sent weapons to a militia commander who was trying to overthrow the internationally recognized government in tripoli breaching the arms embargo exposes mr prince to possible un sanctions princes the brother of trump's former education secretary see divorce where jason pack is the founder of libya analysis he joins us via skype from the tension in new jersey and jason good to have you with us how significant is this u.n. report and if it's true how serious are the findings for erik prince well it's certainly true because previous you would sanction reports have already made this clear. i just want to point out that there was an attempt by half charred to get helicopters and he paid for mercenaries but they didn't really do any fighting in the helicopters never arrived so this was more of a keystone kops kind of situation and it's up for us to decide are we going to have global governance that cracks down on these k

al-jazeera has gained access to parts of a confidential un report which finds that blackwater found that erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya it says the prince sent weapons to the warlord califano of top russian opposition politician alexina valley has suffered 2 legal setbacks is 3 year prison sentence has been upheld but shortened by 6 weeks he was found guilty last month for violating parole while he was in germany recovering after being poisoned at a separate case he's been found guilty of slander and fined has been severe flooding in indonesia's capital jakarta triggered by heavy rainfall in some parts homes were submerged by up to 2 metres of water and thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators of rallied outside thailand's parliament that demanding the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy. those that had last more news feed here i was 0 right after inside story next. political dispute. on the streets of the somali capital. delayed elections so. politicians find a common ground over this crisis to rael the recent progress to world stability this is inside story. hel

us just remind us kristen who erik prince is really of how close he really is to former president trump. well erik prince is perhaps best known as the founder of blackwater a private security company notorious for its role in killing unarmed civilians in iraq in 2717 iraqis died and 4 blackwater mercenaries were convicted of crimes in relation to that killing since then he's gone on to other things and including being a prominent supporter and major donor for president donald trump and his sister betsy deval trump's education secretary so this is a person who was very well known to the president and had relations with roger stone steve bannon other people in trump's orbit would often go on cable news networks and defend the president and. also worth noting that president sean before leaving office pardoned those 4 blackwater security operators who were convicted of manslaughter and in one case murder for the deaths of those iraqis so it has really the issue is if the contents of the report as we have. how much trouble is mr prince or how much trouble could he be in and how old cold still is this going to make the current american government of the intern

united nations investigators have found that erik prince, a trump ally who founded the mercenary company blackwater broke a u.n. arms embargo on libya by supporting a militia commander who was seeking to overthrow libya's internationally recognized government. "the new york times" reports a confidential u.n. investigation reveals how erik prince deployed mercenaries, armed with attack aircraft, gunboats and cyberwarfare capabilities, to eastern libya at the height of a major battle in 2019, in support of renegade former general khalifa haftar. prince faces possible u.n. sanctions, including a travel ban and a freeze on his bank accounts and other assets. in colorado, an independent investigation into the police killing of 23-year-old elijah mcclain has found aurora police officers did not have the legal basis to stop or apprehend and assault mcclain. the report published monday says mcclain's encounter with the police was "a violent and relentless struggle." and that the limited video and audio available from the incident "reveal mr. mcclain surrounded by officers, all larger than he, crying out in

well very close indeed erik prince is a former navy seal and the former head of the military security contractor blackwater and our viewers may remember that blackwater had operations in iraq and became. well known for attacking and killing 17 civilians in iraq became really a symbol of all of the unfortunate excesses of private militia groups he also is the brother of betsy to vos who was president trump's education secretary and was very close it with the president a very prominent supporter of the president known to be close to some of his. key and controversial allies like steve bannon and roger stone so someone who's fairly well known in circles in washington d.c. the coltons of the report see the surface to be growth or explosive so if we assume the cold sense of the reporter as far as we assume they are how much trouble could he be in. right and at this stage we only have it confirmed through the new york times and one source at the united nations does tell us that the report is accurate but if that is the case he could face. repercussions at the united nations for violating these sanctions a travel

highly difficult so erik prince was someone who has branded brant himself as one of the rebranded many of his companies it's not only one company has been rebranded after blackwater we shouldn't forget reflex limited which was a step or l. and c. which was established in the u.a.e. in 2010 which morphed into another entity then he had an entity to conduct and the piracy operation somalia in the 20020112012 again bankrolled by the u.a.e. the point here is it's not just backing from the united states or or foreign players the thing is he operates in a realm of when no one can control and there's a very important element here and after the operation and in in somalia he actually fell out with my bins out of the u.a.e. because he kind of you know took some of the money that was intended for other operations there were some issues with finances he's not a trustworthy character and he's been he's been basically going behind the backs of all of his patrons all of his clients and that makes him entirely dangerous all right like think it should be should keep a clear warning for people to actually go into business with the. let's move forward to different angles of this p