skippy the bush kangaroo: keep blackwater off california beaches

Thursday, September 20, 2007

keep blackwater off california beaches

via c&l, we find this petition by the courage campaign to keep blackwater out of california:

blackwater was a ticking timebomb ready to explode. unfortunately, it appears that civilians had to die for somebody to take action against this shadowy iraq security contractor.

just a few days ago, blackwater security guards fired at and killed somewhere between eight and thirteen civilians. and this time the blackwater boys were not protecting supplies. they were protecting the american government. that’s right. blackwater killed iraqi civilians while careening through baghdad in a convoy of black suvs containing us embassy officials. the iraq army tried to disarm them. it took the us military intervening to get both sides to step back.

the iraqi government wants to prosecute, but the u.s. granted blanket immunity to contractors prior to the establishment of the government. they may not have the legal authority to prosecute, but with your help, we can get the legal authority to keep them out of california.

go sign the petition to keep blackwater from building a training facility in california.

also at c&l: a video of the iraqi victims of the blackwater shoot out.

Labels: california, iraq war, mercenaries