Potrero/San Diego Calif.

NEW Stop Blackwater Protest/Rally
Wed. 6/ 17, 10 a.m.
San  Diego Federal Courthouse, 880  Front St.  (downtown San Diego Front and Broadway) (more)

Judge Marylin Huff's decision against the people of San Diego and for the Blackwater Mercenaries (Here)

Transcript of hearing with Judge Marilyn Huff activist judge who sided with Blackwater against the people of San Diego. (Here)

Write to your City Council rep. and other elected officials about Blackwater (Here)

5/27/08 San Diego Blackwater has decided to sue the City of San Diego to get their proposed Otay Mesa facility opened to read the suit (Click Here)

3/7/08 Blackwater gives up in Potrero and withdraws it's application for a Mercenary Training facility there.
(UT article 1 Here)
(UT article 2 Here)

12/12/07 Potrero recall vote is a huge success, with all pro-Blackwater candidates voted out; five new anti-Blackwater board members will take office next month! (More here)

5/12/07 The planning group for the backcountry community of Potrero is under fire from residents angry about the group's support of the proposed Blackwater West military training camp. (Read More)

5/3/07 Lawsuit filed against Potrero group, county. A lawsuit has been filed by Potrero resident Zoe Rosell against County officials seeking to overturn a December 2006 vote taken by the Potrero Planning Group (PPG) in favor of allowing Blackwater ...  (Read More)

Public Comment Period on Mercenary Training Center Extended (Read More)

Stop Blackwater petition to Gov. Schwarzenegger, Sen. Feinstein and Sen. Boxer (sign now)

Links to Anti Merc Sites

Great Local site on the Potrero project (Click Here)

No Private Armies a group opposing Blackwater in Illinois (Click Here)

  Mercenary News

6/26/08 Federal agents raided an armory owned by security contractor Black- water in North Carolina (More)

San Diego 6/17/08 A federal judge has granted an injunction to Blackwater Worldwide, allowing the company to continue operating its military training center in Otay Mesa. (More)

6/11/8 Blackwater may have succeeded in opening its Navy training center in Otay Mesa, but it has not succeeded in quieting its critics. (More)

6/4/08 Otay Mesa- Judge orders San Diego to allow Blackwater training site to open... (More)

5/29/08- Blackwater Worldwide failed to apply for the proper permits to run a training program... (More)

5/27/08 At least three Iraqis appeared yesterday before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the September shootings in Baghdad by Blackwater Worldwide (Here)

5/27/08 SAN DIEGO – Blackwater Worldwide has asked a federal judge to order that San Diego officials issue the final certificate needed by the private security firm to open a training facility in Otay Mesa. (Here)

5/23/08 Ben Hueso San Diego City Councilman has writen a statement against Blackwater in Otay Mesa Read it (Here)

5/21/08 OTAY MESA – Amid growing controversy, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said this week that he won't allow Blackwater Worldwide to open its Navy training facility (More Here)

San Diego 5/19/08 the city of San Diego has denied Blackwater an occupancy permit for it's Otay Mesa facility read the letters (here)

San Diego-5/17/08 Mayor Jerry Sanders yesterday ordered work to stop on Blackwater Worldwide's proposed military training facility in Otay Mesa. (More)

San Diego-5/5/08 Mayor Jerry Sanders calls for an investigation to look at Blackwater's permits (More)

Washington- 5/3/08 A Senate committee wants to rewrite rules governing ...private security guards in Iraq, imposing new restrictions that could curtail companies such as Blackwater (More)

SAN DIEGO – Local officials will challenge Blackwater Worldwide's permit for an indoor military training facility... (More)

Press Release, April 24, 2008 against Blackwater in Otay Mesa.

The Mercenary Revolution
With almost no congress -ional oversight and even less public awareness, the Bush administration has more than doubled the size of the U.S. occupation through the use of private war companies. (More)

Blakcwater Sues Families of mercenaries who were killed in Faluja Iraq. (Click Here)

Mercenaries, could they pull off a coup in the United States? Read this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer. (Click Here)

Blackwater Killing, A Blackwater USA contractor's killing of an Iraqi security guard is putting new pressure on the Bush administration to prosecute private company employees accused of crimes in Iraq... (Read More)

Jeremy Scahill testifies before the US Congress, (Read Transcript)

U.N.: Mercenary Industry Poses Problems for Latin America. "We have observed that in some cases the employees of private military and security companies enjoy an immunity which can easily become impunity, implying that some States may contract these companies in order to avoid direct legal responsibilities" said Jose Luis Gomez del Prado of the U.N. (Read More)

  Electronic Media

6/2/08 Read or listen to Jeremy Scahill and Amy Goodman discuss Blackwater Mercenaries on Democracy Now (Here)

5/27/08 Blackwater sues the City of San Diego hear the KPBS report (here)

5/22/08 Blackwater says its planned Navy training facility in Otay Mesa is nothing like the training complex it pitched, then canceled for Potrero (Here)

4/24/08 Hear all of the statements from the press conference on Otay Mesa opposing Blackwater (Here)

Hear Jeremy Scahill confront Blackwater on Democracy Now. (Here)

Blackwater discussion on Full Focus aired July 17. (Click Here)

Wind Zero a planned new mercenary training facility near Ocotillo CA. Here is a video by Citizens' Oversite of a meeting in Ocotillo discussing it. (Click Here)

Watch Video of Jeremy Scahill's testimony before the U.S. Congress. (Click Here)

Potrero Residents meet with Jeremy Scahill. Unedited video 1 hour long. (Click Here)

Blackwater: Shadow Army A five minute video with Jeremy Scahill, produced by The Nation. (Click Here)

KPBS May 2 These Days Hear a discussion between anti-mercenary author Jeremy Scahill and Doug Brooks, a merc cheerleader. (Click Here to play Audio)

'Iraq for Sale' bonus scene: Blackwater A six minute documentary about Blackwater on youtube. (click here)

KPBS April 5 These Days discussion between Dania Raum, who is against Blackwater in Potrero, and Gordon Hammers, who is for them. (Click Here to play Audio)

KPBS Full Focus watch Gloria Penner give most of the time to the Pro Mercenary forces in Potrero. (Click Here)