Blackwater boss accused of murder and weapons smuggling in crusade against Muslims.

Maybe this is why our government shouldn't employ mercenaries, let alone one run by a fundamentalist whackjob. From Daily Mail:

The boss of security company Blackwater, which is being investigated for shooting deaths in Iraq, has been accused of a series of crimes including murder and weapons smuggling.

Accusations in sworn affidavits lodged at a Virginia court state founder Erik Prince either murdered or had killed former employees co-operating with federal investigators.

The company, which was recently renamed XE, was the most prominent of an army of private security companies employed by the Pentagon and State Department to protect military convoys and guard U.S. diplomats in Iraq.

The claims against Mr Prince are being made by two former employees including a former Marine.

In the court papers, lodged on Monday night, the employees have sworn themselves anonymously as John Doe No 1 and John Doe No 2, saying they feared for their lives if their identities were revealed.

In one of the statements, John Doe 2, who worked for Blackwater for four years, alleged that Mr Prince 'views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe,' The Times newspaper reported.

He further claimed that Mr Prince's companies 'encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life'.

He added: 'He sought every opportunity to deploy men to Iraq in order to earn more money from the United States government.'