By Jeremy Scahill <jeremy.scahill@gmail.com>
Printed on January 29, 2008
AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/story/75244/
Last week in Currituck County, N.C., Superior Court Judge Russell
Duke presided over the final step in securing the first criminal
conviction stemming from the deadly actions of Blackwater Worldwide,
the Bush administration’s favorite mercenary company. Lest you think
you missed some earth-shifting, breaking news, hold on a moment. The
“criminals” in […]
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Posted in Blackwater, Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2008
Blackwater 7 Second Trial
January 24, 2008
Beth Brockman of Durham, N.C.; Mark Colville of New Haven, Conn.; Peter DeMott of Ithaca, N.Y.; Mary Grace of Madison County, Va.; Laura Marks of Ayden, N.C.; and Bill Streit of Louisa County, Va. were sentenced today by Judge Russell Duke for their protest at Blackwater in North Carolina. Judge Duke sentenced the […]
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Friday, December 07, 2007 From Kim Williams and Steve Baggarly
Here’s the local piece on yesterday’s trial. There is also an article at dailyadvance.com called “7 Blackwater Protesters Found Guilty” by John Henderson.
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from Kim Williams and Steve Baggarly
The 7 protesters arrested at Blackwater USA in October for recreating the Nisoor Square massacre at the company’s front door will go to trial on Wednesday, December 5th at 9:30 am.
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Dear Friends,
I know Ellen’s been keeping you informed about my part in the protest at Blackwater Worldwide on 20 October in Moyock, NC. Immediately following our arrest we rode in a sheriff’s van to begin our four day experience of “southern hospitality”.
The skimpy portions and poor quality of the fare provided by our keepers did […]
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Hey, there!
Whew. Ya gotta move when the Spirit says move!
Five days locked up sure makes one grateful for rain, trees, air, life!
It was a good thing to witness with the other women inmates, “in” for street crimes.
It was healing to them for me simply to listen to their troubles and encourage them
to take back control […]
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Marisol Hugo sends a link to her local news with an interview of Catholic Workers in jail
after the Blackwater action in NC:
http://www.wavy.com/global/story.asp?s=7249332
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Dear Friends, Last night we received a call reporting on an action
that Peter and other Catholic Workers from the East Coast were part
of at the headquarters of Blackwater USA in the Great Dismal Swamp,
NC. Below are photos of the action as well as their statement. Six
of the group are being held on a $1000. bail, […]
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Posted in Blackwater on Oct 21st, 2007
Seven Protesters Arrested at Blackwater’s Headquarters by Bill Sizemore
Seven people were arrested Saturday at Blackwater Worldwide’s front
entrance after protesters re-enacted the Sept. 16 shooting incident in
Baghdad involving Blackwater contractors in which 17 Iraqis died.
It was the first protest at the 10-year-old private military company’s
headquarters, a reflection of its heightened profile since the Baghdad
shootings stirred Iraqi […]
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