[Peace-discuss] New Action (ICPJ) GatheringAt The Gate: Blackwater North

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

>> Greetings:
>>
>> A new action has just been added on ICPJ
>>
>> The details are as follows:
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>> ACTION NAME: GatheringAt The Gate: Blackwater North
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>> ACTION SPONSOR: [Clearwater Working Group]
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>> DATES: 8-11-2007 through 8-11-2007
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>>
>> DESCRIPTION: A Gathering At the Gate of Blackwater North will be on  
>> Saturday August 11th 2pm to 4pm. Be a part of the first event at the  
>> gate of Blackwater USA's new training facility in Illinois. It is  
>> located on South Skunk Hollow Road, seven miles north of Mt. Carroll  
>> Illinois, in Jo Daviess County. It is about 40 miles from Galena.  
>> (See driving directions below.)
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>> This event is sponsored by the Clearwater group of local peace and  
>> justice groups and concerned citizens of the area. This is will be a  
>> peace festival with music, druming, dancing, and speakers. This will  
>> be the first time in history that a group of unarmed citizens have  
>> gathered for peace at the gates of the world's most powerful private  
>> military firm.
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>>
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>> This nonviolent event will draw attention to Blackwater USA's  
>> presence in Illinois. The Gathering will also educate the local  
>> citizens about Blackwater's history and their role in the Iraq war.  
>> This event will also highlight the privatization of our military.
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>>
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>> As most of you know there are now as many private contractors in Iraq  
>> as American soldiers. 41 cents of every tax dollar spent in Iraq goes  
>> to private companies. Blackwater is the best known of the over 140  
>> private military firms in Iraq. And they operate without oversight.  
>> P.W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors points out, "An owner of a  
>> circus faces more regulation and inspection than a private military  
>> company."
>>
>>
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>> If you would like to voice your concern about this rising flood of  
>> privatization threatening our democracy come to Gathering At The Gate  
>> August 11th. Come and lend your voice to stop the spread of  
>> Blackwater into our state and across this country. If not now..when?  
>> If not here....where? Join us in sending a strong message to this  
>> private army.
>>
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>> See driving directions below.
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>> Driving from the South follow Route 78 to East Loran Road. Turn right  
>> and go east to Skunk Hollow Road turn right follow it to the  
>> gathering.
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>> Driving from the north follow route 20 from Rockford to route 78 in  
>> Stockton Illinois. Follow route 78 to East Loran Road turn left and  
>> follow to South Skunk Hollow Road, turn right and follow to the  
>> Gathering.
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>> For more info about Blackwater and Blackwater North visit the  
>> noprivatearmies.org website. Also you can email for more information  
>> to dan at noprivatearmies.org.
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JAN Kruse
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