Blackwater

A recent report from the State Department's Inspector General is recommending that Blackwater's contract not be renewed after it expires next year.

An internal State Department report says Blackwater Worldwide may lose its license to work in Iraq and recommends that the agency prepare alternative means to protect its diplomats there.

PROTEST TO COMMEMORATE THE 17 INNOCENT IRAQI CITIZENS MURDERED BY BLACKWATER IN NISOUR SQUARE

One Year Anniversary Protest and Rally Against Blackwater

Sponsored by Blackwater Watch
and North Carolina Stop Torture Now

For more information telephone 919-801-0734 or email admin at blackwaterwatch.net

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 4-6 p.m.
at Blackwater's Lobbyist Firm Headquarters:

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
One West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101

A small group of bloggers....were invited to Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters....to get a "VIP Tour" of the facility. Read what they saw and said (includes pictures)

Voice Your Choice in the Corporate Hall of Shame 2008

This is just scary.

In a recent op-ed piece for the L. A. Times, Jeremy Scahill writes about Blackwater's bright future, no matter who inhabits the White House come 2009. He talks about how Blackwater sued the city of San Diego, bringing them to their knees, then gives a brief bullet summary of some of Blackwater's more recent ventures, above and beyond their run-of-the-mill mercenary solder work.

Is Blackwater preparing to fight legal charges with more than lawyers?

Joseph Neff at the News and Observer has a great round-up story on the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Erik Prince, dark lord over all things Blackwater. Mr. Prince, as you know, is the top dog among mercenary mongrels here in the states. I hope you'll go read the article and learn how the Democratic Congress is continuing to pour money into Prince's pockets.

Southern California Residents Gear Up for New Fight to Stop Secretive Expansion by Military Firm Blackwater

I got a call from my son today. Billy is the son who was wounded in battle in Iraq just outside of Baghdad in 2006. He has shrapnel in his neck and shoulder, still. He has had surgery on his leg and it is well again. He is suffering from, and has been diagnosed with, Traumatic Brain injury (TBI). Consequently he now has a type of Tourette Syndrome and suffers from "tics", sort of involuntary jerks or sudden movements. I am happy I still have my son.

Anyway Billy called to tell me that he has been informed, by the Army Medical Board, that he is being retired with a 50% disability. My son understood the risks of being a career Army soldier. He had seen me serving in the Marines almost his whole live as a young man. It seemed a natural transition for him when he decided to make the Military his home. He also had the understanding that the Army too understood and accepted their responsibilities to him. That part hasn’t worked out that well. Our President must not have factored in the cost of wounded soldiers when he let us borrow the money from China to wage war in Iraq.