[Stop the Poisons] BLACKWATER, Bush's private army!

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>Bush's private army deployed in US cities

>Posted by: " Fernwoods " Fernwoods fernwoods7

>Sun May 11, 2008 6:22 pm (PDT)

>

>Bush's Private Army

>Blackwater: The Shadow Army

>_http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/93.html_

>(http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/93.html)

>

>Coming to a city near you?

>Produced by the US magazine The Nation.

>

>No one knows for sure, but it's believed that as much as 40% of the military

>budget goes to private contractors including private armies.

>

>There are thousands of private mercenaries operating on behalf of the US in

>Iraq and elsewhere around the world. Nearly 1,000 have been killed in Iraq

>alone, but their casualties are not counted. Nor has Congress been able to

>discover exactly how many mercenaries the US employs there.

>

>One of these firms, Blackwater USA, a big supporter of George Bush, is now

>deploying in the US. They were present in New Orleans after the levee

>collapses.

>

>====

>

>Watch the videos below and see if you think Blackwater should be guarding

>neighborhoods in the US or anywhere?

>

>

>BLACKWATER : THE SHADOW WAR

>_http://bravenewfilmhttp://bravhttp://bravenewfhttp://bravhttp://brh_

>(http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/1754-blackwater-the-shadow-war?play=1)

>Don't miss the video at the link above. It is short and only takes a few

>minutes to download on slow speed.

>Here are my notes, in case you can't see the video.......

>US is outsourcing a major part of the combat function of the war. We think

>about 780 of them have been killed, 7,600 wounded. The average US soldier

>gets

>$28,000 to $40,000 a year to be cannon fodder over in Iraq, but that is the

>average monthly pay to the mercenaries, tax free.

>The mercenaries say they don't engage in defensive operations. These guys

>have not been subjected to the uniform code of military justice, or the court

>martial system, there are no effective laws governing their presence.

>Edict order 17 was issued immunizing all contractors from prosecution. When

>they commit crimes that go unpunished, this has a ricocheting effect because

>the Iraqis don't see any difference between mercenaries and actual forces,

>they see them all as the same occupation.

>Blackwater guys are working in NYC and other places in the US too. Blackwater

>guys were getting $350 a day to work in New Orleans, but Blackwater was

>billing the government $950 a day per man, so Blackwater was raking in

>$240,000

>a day at one point. This was a totally lawless operation. Why was Blackwater

>there - because the National Guard was in Iraq.

>Most people would support a war of defense to defend our country, but this is

>an offensive, aggressive war of conquest, that's why it's necessary to have

>mercenaries.

>We have lower racking soldiers being prosecuted for Abu Ghraib, but

>contractors at Abu Ghraib are walking around free men right now.

>What is more important is that no one is paying attention to the crimes they

>are committing. Military law can't be applied to them. A company at

>Blackwater says they don't want military law applied to them, and say they

>can't be

>sued in civilian court either, that they should be subject to the same

>immunity as the US military. So the company is declaring itself above any

>effective

>law.

>Blackwater: Shadow Army: The Nation's Jeremy Scahill describes the rise of

>Blackwater USA, the world's most powerful mercenary army.

>_http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2593-blackwater-shadow-army?play=1_

>(http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/2593-blackwater-shadow-army?play=1)

>Please watch the short video at the link above, which includes more important

>information on US mercenaries. Watching it and giving it a high rating

>will raise it's ranking so more people will see it.

>I included my notes for those who can't get videos.....

>In addition to 150,000 troops on ground in Iraq, the Bush administration has

>employed a shadow army of some 100,000 contractors in Iraq including tens of

>thousands of heavily armed mercenaries. One of the most powerful is

>Blackwater USA.

>Blackwater operated in the shadows until March 31, 2004 when 4 Blackwater

>contractors were ambushed and killed, their bodies were burned and dragged

>through the streets, two hung from a bridge. Bush administration initiated a

>massive revenge attack. They laid siege to the city of Falusia, killed

>hundreds

>of people and displaced tens of thousands of others and in the process

>inflamed the Iraqi resistance, that haunts US occupation forces to this day.

>Their crimes don't get punished. There is no oversight. Their actions are

>secret. Their deaths are not included in the official death count.

>Members of congress find it virtually impossible to find information about

>Blackwater and other contracting companies.

>Representative Jan Schakowsky of the house intelligence committee says, we

>think there were 800 private contractors killed in Iraq, but we know

>virtually

>nothing about this, and we can't find out.

>We think about 40 cents of every dollar goes to private military contractors,

>we think about 800 have been killed in Iraq, but we don't know that, they

>aren't even counted, and we can't find out. We think about 20 to 40 thousand

>are engaged in combat activities, but we don't know and we can't find out.

>Blackwater has deployments inside the US. In new Orleans after Katrina, a

>Blackwater mercenaries were speeding up and down the streets in unmarked

>cars,

>heavily armed with M 4 machine guns, and other weapons trapped to their legs.

>Their mission was to confront criminals and stop looters. The merci nary

>companies, witch have operated in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the

>war on

>terror declare themselves above any effective laws, are now deployed on the

>streets of US cities. This should be seen as an ominous threat.

>

>_Feds Renew Blackwater Deal _ (http://www.newser.com/story/23464.html)

>Associated Press | Apr 4, 08 7:55 PM CDT

>Washington renewed Blackwater USA's multimillion-dollar contract for another

>year today pending two probes into the contractor's conduct in Iraq, the AP

>reports. The FBI is still investigating a Baghdad shooting last year in which

>Blackwater guards gunned down 17 civilians and sparked outrage among Iraqis;

>US lawmakers are also probing claims that Blackwater smuggled arms into the

>country. Blackwater has denied guilt in both cases.

>

>continued at _http://www.newser.com/story/23464.html_

>(http://www.newser.com/story/23464.html)

 

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