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

[Brian Dolinar]

Would anybody like to go and cover this for the Public i?

BD

On 7/11/07, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> > Greetings:
> >
> > A new action has just been added on ICPJ
> >
> > The details are as follows:
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ---------
> >
> > ACTION NAME: GatheringAt The Gate: Blackwater North
> >
> > ACTION SPONSOR: [Clearwater Working Group]
> >
> > DATES: 8-11-2007 through 8-11-2007
> >
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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."
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > See driving directions below.
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Peace-discuss mailing list
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss
>
>


-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/private/peace-discuss/attachments/20070711/a972843d/attachment.html