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August 23, 2010

CodePink Founder Arrested at Home of Blackwater’s Erik Prince
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Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin and other activists were detained on
Sunday at the home of Blackwater founder Erik Prince in Mc Lean,
Virginia. Medea Benjamin attempted to drop a letter off to Prince at his
house.

Medea Benjamin: "Dear Erik Prince, on behalf of US taxpayers, we say
shame on you. Through your company Blackwater, or Xe, as you now like to
call it, you made—I mean stole—hundreds of millions of
dollars. Your employees also killed innocent civilians in Iraq, and you
should be held responsible. Don’t run away to the Emirates to escape
prosecution. Stay here in the USA and face the consequences of your
actions, like a good Christian."



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