Blackwater Down - NO Streets Filled w/ Corporate Mercenaries

[otohara]

We now have Israeli trained mercenaries patrolling US cities. Instinctive Shooting International trains Israeli's to combat Palestinians

From Jeremy Scahill - The Nation

The men from Blackwater USA arrived in New Orleans right after Katrina hit. The company known for its private security work guarding senior US diplomats in Iraq beat the federal government and most aid organizations to the scene in another devastated Gulf. About 150 heavily armed Blackwater troops dressed in full battle gear spread out into the chaos of New Orleans. Officially, the company boasted of its forces "join the hurricane relief effort." But its men on the ground told a different story.

Some patrolled the streets in SUVs with tinted windows and the Blackwater logo splashed on the back; others sped around the French Quarter in an unmarked car with no license plates. They congregated on the corner of St. James and Bourbon in front of a bar called 711, where Blackwater was establishing a makeshift headquarters. From the balcony above the bar, several Blackwater guys cleared out what had apparently been someone's apartment. They threw mattresses, clothes, shoes and other household items from the balcony to the street below. They draped an American flag from the balcony's railing. More than a dozen troops from the 82nd Airborne Division stood in formation on the street watching the action.

Armed men shuffled in and out of the building as a handful told stories of their past experiences in Iraq. "I worked the security detail of both Bremer and Negroponte," said one of the Blackwater guys, referring to the former head of the US occupation, L. Paul Bremer, and former US Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte. Another complained, while talking on his cell phone, that he was getting only $350 a day plus his per diem. "When they told me New Orleans, I said, 'What country is that in?'" he said. He wore his company ID around his neck in a case with the phrase Operation Iraqi Freedom printed on it.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051010/scahill

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

1. People still don't ...

...see what's about to happen in this country. They're preparing to
thin out political dissent.

http://www.karlandkinggeorge.com/Fascism_is_Fashionable.html

[suegeo]

2. This article ranks as 1 of my top 10 scary articles

I think the author of this article was on DEMOCRACY NOW! today (Sept 23) talking about this piece. He scared me silly, as in:

It's time to storm the bastille.

They are hiring military men from Chile, Israel, and all over as their private armies. These mercs. opened fire on AMERICAN CITIZENS in New Orleans, and claimed to have killed some. No one questioned whether they had authority to open fire on AMERICAN CITIZENS. Did these citizens commit a crime? Who knows. They were just gunned down in the streets by foreign fighters.

Please rec. this post. These police were trained by Pinochet!

[cap]

3. except for one thing, cops would have picked up the guys they shot

and taken them to the hospital. Cops are trained to defuse situations ... these mercenaries arent.

Those guys, guilty or not, were left to die. The moaning and screaming was them left to die on the street.

[radio4progressives]

4. This Gets My Vote too! Very Critical Articles! n/t

Jeremy is an awesome journalist.

[realFedUp]

5. Important story

We've seen the censorship of visuals and reporting
on New Orleans since the military presence. This is
just representative of the leadership in this country.

[tom_paine]

6. Imperial Amerika is an ugly and grotesque place

Only a thin veneer seperates the rest of us from What Is Coming.

And What Is Coming is New Orleans for everyone!

The only question is will it come sooner or later.

IT IS COMING.