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Car driven by Ahmed Haithem Ahmed with his mother, Mohassin Kadhim, a physician. They were both killed by Blackwater gunfire and then their car was incinerated by a Blackwater grenade, burning them to a crisp. STOP BLACKWATER PROTEST -- SAT. SEPT. 13, 2008 COMMEMORATE THE 17 INNOCENT IRAQI CIVILIANS MURDERED BY BLACKWATER IN NISOUR SQUARE! One Year Anniversary Protest and Rally Against Blackwater Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 3-5 p.m. at Blackwater’s Otay Mesa Training Facility 7685 Siempre Viva Rd., SD CA 92154 (Otay Mesa) BLACKWATER HAS OPENED A NEW TRAINING FACILITY IN OTAY MESA--RIGHT NEXT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER. No one has been held responsible for the senseless murder of Iraqi civilians. Details, Maps, Speaker list, etc....

View of Round Potrero Valley, where an 824-acre training camp was proposed. We won this one when Blackwater Pulled the project on March 7, 2008. Read More...

Remember the bill passed just before the November, 2006, elections to fund the military? ("John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007" (H.R. 5122)) Well, hidden in that bill are provisions that seriously weaken two bulwarks of liberty--the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act of 1807--by expanding the power of the president to declare martial law and use troops as a domestic police force in response to a "public emergency" or any "other condition". Blackwater troops (which were deployed domestically in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina) or other private mercenary and paramilitary forces pose a severe threat to the civil liberties of the American people and now could be deployed to quell public dissent, put down popular uprisings, or even to stop opposing points of view through intimidation or outright force. These are bases of an invading force that is bent on stealing our country from us, right under our noses! CONNECT THE DOTS!

We’ve been witnessing an unprecedented abuse of federal muscle at the Cal-Mex border where Blackwater has opened their so-called “vocational training” facility – a toehold of a new invasion of our country, shrouded in the flag and hidden in national security dogma. (Details...)

Simply speaking, private profiteering and public security are a dangerous mix. First explained by President Eisenhower in 1961, (view video) he noted the rise of the armament industry of vast proportions and the danger of unwarranted influence by the military industrial complex. “The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals.”

The military-industrial complex has taken another step in a extreme privatization agenda which has enabled private contractors, such as Halliburton, KBR, CACI, Titan, and many others to step beyond the fabrication of armaments and engage in military operations. With the advent of Blackwater and other mercenary firms, contractors engage in battlefield deployment. With higher profits ensured for a battle that continues without end, the Iraq occupation is proof that Eisenhower was right. This must stop. We must wake up.

Blackwater used the federal courts with a disgusting series of steps shielding their activities from public scrutiny to gain a foothold in California, a new base at the border that will grow without bound like a cancer. All patriotic citizens must throw down the gauntlet and say stop to this madness.

Hot News

• Stop Blackwater Rally - Nisour Massacre Anniversary -- Join us on September 13th in front of the Blackwater base of operations in Otay Mesa, just north of the border to commemorate the 17 innocent civilians cut down by Blackwater gunfire on September 16th, 2007, and to protest against Blackwater's mercenary training school in Otay Mesa. MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
• See pictures of Protest of Blackwater's Federal Court Misuse on 6/17 - We were there, in front of the Federal courthouse, at the corner of Front and Broadway in San Diego at 10 a.m. on June 17th. The hearing started at 10:30, argued by City Attorney Mike Aguirre before President's father appointee, Hon. Marilyn Huff.
• See pictures of Protest Rally on 6/11 with Jeremy Scahill, award-winning and best-selling author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army who addressed the crowd. (In front of the recently discovered Otay Mesa mercenary training facility... This madness must stop!
• Blackwater Worldwide wiki
• Blackwater Otay Secret Facility - Blackwater attempts to open a secret facility by Cal-Mex border by calling it a "vocational school" and using the name "Southwest Law Enforcement." Sorry, Blackwater, the cat is out of the bag!!

Press Conference and Rally -- 25 Apr 2008

Our rally to put pressure on Blackwater to pull the plug on this project too! We won on their first ridiculous project in Potrero We can do the same here!

Ray Lutz explains the situation on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman:

Speaker/Interviews

Please Contact: Raymond Lutz
raylutz@CitzensOversight.org
619-820-5321
Bio of Raymond Lutz

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I hereby register my opposition to the Blackwater facility in Otay Mesa which was permitted under the pseudonym of Southwest Law Enforcement and Raven Development, and dubbed a "vocational school." This facility proposes to perform firearm and guerilla-style paramilitary training without any additional licensing or permits. Furthermore, I stand in opposition to the siting of any private military/mercenary training camp in the State of California, as such war profiteering is a prescription for endless wars and conflicts. Military training must be kept the responsibility of the military, with the requisite accountability to the public, and not turned over to unaccountable corporate interests. (Will be provided to the San Diego City Council, Mayor of San Diego, the County Board of Supervisors, to the Governor, and to all CA Representatives and Senators.) Your submission will also subscribe you to a list for occasional instructions on how you can help to STOP BLACKWATER! Email address:* First name:* Last name: Zip or Postal Code: Country: Personalize your letter: * required field

-- RaymondLutz - 19 Sep 2007