Training Contracts With Saracen Terminated
January 31 2011
The transitional government in Somalia has suspended a training contract with a British security firm, reports the Shabelle Media Network.
The Cabinet also decided late last week to ban Saracen International from operating within Somalia.
The reasons for the decision were not immediately made public.
Earlier reports noted that Erik Prince, founder of the company formerly known as Blackwater and now known as Xe, had been linked to Saracen.
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