What does it look like through the eyes of Mercenaries to shoot at innocent Iraqis?

Aegis Defense Services shooting at innocent people for sport in Iraq

This is the BRITISH private firm. Go to the end of the vid and you will see a car coming up behind the Aegis evil-mobile that stops in the highway when they realize what is happening.

Department of Defense security contractors are coordinated through a single, DoD entity, the US Regional Coordination Offices. Being a military government agency in the Bush Administrataion, the DOD promptly outsourced "the coordination" responsibilities through a recently renewed $475 million contract to the British firm Aegis which is run by the infamous mercenary, Tim Spicer (no relation to the Spice Girls). It also includes intelligence services and security services for the Army Corps of Engineers.

What does it look like through the eyes of Mercenaries to shoot at innocent Iraqis?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3wh2HF03qYs

Great article just posted on the turf wars between Pentagon & CIA on who owns the mercenaries in Iraq!

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/pentagon-vs-cia.html

Blackwater - Too much bang for the buck

I wish I could claim to be the author of that great quote. But I am not. I just saw it on an incredible vid - linked below.

Protestors at Blackwater Worldwide had the guts on October 20th to gather at the gates of Blackwater Worldwide in Moyock, NC to protest the Massacre at Nisour Square that took place in September.

Who were these brave Americans to go to the gates of evil and SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER! Members of the JustFaith group (Catholic Church).

What happened to these people? Seven people were arrested for civil disobedience at that protest by the County Sheriff. I am sure there is a story there. Greasing of palms between the County Sheriff in NC & the Erik Prince Boys Club.

The others were held in the Currituck County Detention Center for five days before a judge released them on unsecured bonds. I could NOT get an exact count out of the article (linked below) - but I believe there were five non NC residents present. They have a Dec. 5 court date.

Vid of the re-enactment of Nisour Squar slaughter is moving:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QNTLaJe_JCI

Article Link: http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2007d/111607/111607k.htm

Aegis Defense Services shooting at innocent people for sport in Iraq

This is the BRITISH private firm. Go to the end of the vid and you see a car coming up behind Aegis that stops in the highway when they realize what is happening.

Department of Defense security contractors are coordinated through a single, DoD entity, the US Regional Coordination Offices which it outsourced these responsibilities through a recently renewed $475 million contract to the British firm Aegis which is run by the infamous mercenary, Tim Spicer (no relation to the Spice Girls). It also includes intelligence services and security services for the Army Corps of Engineers.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3wh2HF03qYs

Great article just posted on the Turf wars between Pentagon & CIA on who owns the mercenaries in Iraq!

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/pentagon-vs-cia.html

Just when I thought it was safe ....

To leave my iMac.

Just got this in a Blackwater email from Judy Hess (leader PDA Metro SD Chapter).

This is in regards to the Potrero Planning Committee recall vote (see below excerpts from Ms. Hess).

Our new Registrar of Voters is Deborah Seiler - formerly a sales executive for Diebold (manufacturer of our voting machines - more on that in an article below).

Assistant Registrar is Michael Vu (in Potrero now - sls)- required to resign as the Cuyahoga County Ohio Board Of Elections Executive Director - where his employees were charged with fourth degree felonies and pled no contest to lesser charges (and sentenced to prison terms) in the recount of the presidential ballots in 2004 - on Vu’s watch.

It’s very important to understand that our San Diego County machines - (Diebold) the optical scanners which count the votes - can be hacked almost effortlessly in 60 seconds.

Background information on the Potrero Planning Committee recount vote (San Diego Union Tribune July Article)

Anger over the proposed Blackwater USA training facility in Potrero has led to the county's first recall election targeting planning group members.

Voters in the back country community will decide whether to remove five Potrero Community Planning Group members who voted last December in favor of Blackwater's plans to build a center to train law enforcement and military personnel.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070731/news_1m31potrero.html

Today BradBlog calls for the San Diego County's Registrar of Voters Mikel Haas to resign due to questionable voting machine irregularities.

http://www.bradblog.com

JMCO

This is not the first time that an ex-Diebold employee has landed a job in the trenches as a Registrar of voting! So maybe Diebold should really come out of the closet and announce to the world what they really are! Diebold is an EMPLOYMENT AGENCY!

Humanitarian efforts = Human Trafficking

Blackwater Speak
Humanitarian efforts = Human Trafficking
Excerpts from a SF Chronicle article

The Department of Defense's lackluster effort has been aided and abetted by some members of Congress. In summer 2005, the House Armed Services Committee, under U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine (San Diego County), successfully blocked the original draft of the Trafficking Victims Protection bill, routinely reauthorized every two years. Why? It specifically addressed the role of the Department of Defense and contractors in human trafficking. When these provisions were removed from the draft, the trafficking bill went forward. The Department of Defense and the contractors were let off the hook.

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter
Pro Blackwater West

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/12/EDK6T9NT5.DTL&type=printable

San Francisco Chronicle
Beyond Blackwater
Sarah E. Mendelson
Monday, November 12, 2007

Hola - US plans on sharing "private contractors" in Mexico

Reported in Dallas Morning on Oct 18th
Excerpts below from Dallas Morning article

The U.S. and Mexican governments are expected Monday to announce an anti-drug package that will probably involve hiring private U.S. military contractors to train Mexican troops on the use of new technologies and equipment, senior U.S. officials said.

The plan calls for increasing U.S. anti-drug aid to Mexico, now estimated at $44 million a year, to $1.4 billion over two to three years, said officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. The issue of using private contractors in Mexico, a fiercely nationalistic country, is likely to generate controversy.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, expressed concern about the possible use of U.S. private contractors in Mexico. He said the issue has been among the most sensitive areas of negotiations for both governments.

"I've heard that expressed as a concern on the part of Mexican officials, and it also raises an issue of concern for us because of how contractors are being used in Iraq," he said. "That will not be helpful in getting this through Congress."

The senior U.S. official downplayed the use of private contractors, saying that "their role is limited to training only" for the highly technical and military equipment that is part of the package.

Link article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/102007dnintplanmexico.31cb082.html

(JMCO = but this really won't count as Foreign Aid in the new North American Union.)

The Economist reported that US officials stated private contractors or US military would NOT be involved in this Mexico iniatative. Below from Economist.

Full details of the Merida Initiative (after the city where the Mexican and US presidents first discussed it in March) have not yet been released, though US officials say it will not include any use of US military personnel on Mexican soil—which neither Mexico’s government nor its public would accept. This contrasts with a similar initiative, Plan Colombia, which has been in place since 2000 (and has cost the US around US$4bn). US military advisors and private military contractors have had a role in the anti-drug and anti-insurgency battle in that country. (Bet you the private contractors are Greystone / Blackwater)

Nice to know:

Announced as Merida Initiative. AKA "Plan Mexico". Here is the link:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/oct/93800.htm

CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) 11/6/07 Latin American expert interview. She seems to believe the "Merida Initiative" is a go through Congress. Fun things from this article:

• Congress has complained that its members were left out of the negotiation process. JMCO - Congress does not get it - they have been canceled!
• Where is this appropriation request hidden (because we all know BushCo)? It is included in the supplementary funding bill mainly for Iraq, in which the Merida Initiative is included. It is $500 million as a part of a larger $50 billion package. So it’s tied in some ways to the state of the Iraq funding as well, which is of course an issue in its own right.

http://www.cfr.org/publication/14727/

Where is this appropriation request hidden (because we all know BushCo)? It is a supplementary funding bill mainly for Iraq, in which the Merida Initiative is included. It is $500 million as a part of a larger $50 billion package. So it’s tied in some ways to the state of the Iraq funding as well, which is of course an issue in its own right.

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
“While I look forward to reviewing the counter-narcotics plan for Mexico and Central America, Congress was not consulted as the plan was developed. This is not a good way to kick off such an important effort to fight the increase in narco-trafficking and violence in the region,” said Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, which held a hearing on the proposal Thursday. “I hope that the administration will be more forthcoming with members of Congress now that they have announced the plan,” he added tartly.

Footsteps to Martial Law

Signing Statement by Signing Statement
Bill by Bill
Footsteps to Martial Law

May 9th
Executive Order: Establishment of Temporary Organization to Facilitate United States Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq. Brief and loose interruption, gives the President the capability to define any event in the world as reason to start Martial Law.

July 17th
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

July 20th
Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency

August: Congress passes FISA

September - Madame_CEO_Pelosi decides NOT to have the full house vote on Criminal Contempt charges issued by the HJC for Miers & Bolton. Get out of jail card - thank you Nancy.

September - Senator Leahy who had made continued sound bites stating he would not allow the Attorney General confirmation hearings to go forward unless his committee received information from the resigned AG Gonzo. Well that promise went by the wind.

October 23rd - Congress passes HR 1955 (Introduced by Jane Harman - Approved by Congress 404 Ayes & 6 Nays). Radicalization of HomeGrown Terrorism. (I proudly count myself in this category).

October 10th - Senate passes HR 1585

Prediction - JMCO

May_08
All or majority of the Blackwater contractors under contract with the State Department will be re-deployed back to the USA. As is speculated by many, Blackwater will lose the renewal of this contract in May_08.

Bet you this bill never sees the light of debate
Next Wednesday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will introduce legislation to phase out the use of tens of thousands of private security contractors deployed on battlefields where American troops are present. The Stop Outsourcing Security Act intends to effectively put Blackwater and their ilk out of business.

Question: Is there legislation anywhere that PROHIBITS the use of Private Contractors to be used by our government against American Citizens on American soil? I don't think so.

WAF = A Little Reality with your Sunday a.m. java

WAF = A Little Reality with your Sunday a.m. java
WAF = We Are Fucked
DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS

Dennis Kucinich reported during an interview with Nicole Sandler (Miami Talk Radio) Friday morning, he was reading through HR 1585 and for the first time Thursday (Nov 8th), he noticed this language that has been inserted into the 2008 Defense Authorization Bill. He said that this language jumped off the page at him and that he was very concerned that people learn about this provision that would authorize domestic operations for the US military. (Please glance below - Section 1615).

JMCO at this point. I like Dennis - I met him in a kitchen and if you know me - you know it is very RARE for me to (one) be in a kitchen and even more rare for me (two) be with a man in a kitchen these days. On to my point. Kucinich voted against HR 1585 on May 17th - thank you. But if he is admitting that he himself did not even notice this section until Nov 8th and he is running for President - WAF.

H.R.1585 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
TITLE XVI, NATIONAL GUARD ENHANCEMENT
Section 1615
DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS

(a) DETERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS---- The Secretary of Defense shall determine the military-unique capabilities needed to be provided by the Department of Defense to support civil authorities in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident.

(b) PLAN FOR FUNDING CAPABILITIES---

(1) PLAN----The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for providing the funds and resources necessary to develop and maintain the following:

(A) The military-unique capabilities determined under subsection (a).

(B) Any additional capabilities determined by the Secretary to be necessary to support the use of the active components and the reserve components of the armed forces for homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities.

(2) TERM OF PLAN---- The plan required under paragraph (1) shall cover at least five years.

Other Nice to Knows about HR 1585

• Ike Skelton [D-MO] Sponsor
• Section 1615 was part of the text "reported to the house". I cannot find where it was either revised in the House nor the Senate.
• (42) S.Amendment 2022 by Sen. Specter [R-PA]
  To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States.
  Proposed: Jul 9, 2007. Withdrawn: Sep 19, 2007 (another WAF)
  
• Passed House 05.17.07 (397 Ayes, 27 Nays)
• Passed Senate 10.01.07 (92 Ayes, 3 Nays)
• Senate NV (No Votes) - were none other than our 5 current Senate Presidential Candidates. Yes sir, and it was these same yutzes whom voted NV for the confirmation of Mukasey.