Showing posts with label new market virginia private para military corporate security training compound proposed shenandoah county i-81 washington d.c. mercenary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new market virginia private para military corporate security training compound proposed shenandoah county i-81 washington d.c. mercenary. Show all posts

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Training Private Military in the Valley?

900 Acre Para-Military Training Compound proposed for Shenandoah County, Citizen Group Formed in Opposition





"Keep Shenandoah County Rural"
Citizens for Responsible Land Use



Community Meeting...
Wednesday, April 22nd
7pm
New Market Community Center
9184 John Sevier Road
New Market, VA 22844

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Northern VA Daily Article about Group's Formation

Website of Company proposing the training compound



The men from Blackwater USA arrived in New Orleans right after Katrina hit. The company known for its private security work guarding senior U.S. 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[ing] the hurricane relief effort."

But its men on the ground told a different story

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Shenandoah County Planning Commission Meeting
Thursday, May 7th
7pm
County Office Building
Woodstock, VA