Blackwater North

• The 80-acre facility in Mount Carroll, 150 miles west of Chicago, is a miniature version of Blackwater's 7,000-acre spread in Moyock. It contains nine shooting ranges, a climbing/rappelling/shooting tower, a classroom building and pro shop.
• Started on property where similar training already in progress.
• Plan said they would not use automatic weapons, but they do.

• Lurking Beneath The Surface Of Blackwater North - Article by Dan Kenney
• Lurking_Beneath_the_Surface_of_Blackwater_North.doc: Lurking Beneath the Surface of Blackwater North - Article by Dan Kenney

• Satellite Map of Blackwater North location:
  

• Activist group organizing to fight this: http://www.noprivatearmies.org

Recent Articles and Media:

• All Blackwater News Media - This page contains all the news media about Blackwater that has been submitted to the site. Some media that is very important was recently submitted to the site but has an earlier publication date... You can find it here.

• (M812) 2009-08-07 US security firm faces fresh allegations - 07 Aug 09 -- , Al Jazeera,
• (M778) 2009-05-07 Blackwater, now Xe, era ends in Iraq -- , upi.com,
• (M777) 2009-04-28 22 Arrested at Blackwater's Illinois Compound -- Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, Includes pictures of the event and arrests during civil disobedience.
• (M774) 2009-04-20 Blackwater out of Iraq? No, not yet -- Matthew Lee, Mike Baker, Associated Press,
• (M768) 2009-04-02 Stop Blackwater Presentation, April 2009 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Blackwater In Southwestern College
• (M557) 2008-06-15 Blackwater gets cold shoulder in Idaho -- , Associated Press, “They have callous disregard for human life,”
• (M561) 2008-06-12 Is Blackwater coming to North Idaho? -- , Kxly Com,
• (M605) 2008-06-10 Jeremy Scahill speaks in San Diego, June 10, 2008 -- Jeremy Scahill, Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M105) 2007-08-10 Randi Scheurer Takes on Blackwater, Company That Abandoned Her Son in Iraq and Trains in Mt. Carroll -- Cal Skinner, Mc Henry County Blog, Picture in linked article.
• (M94) 2007-07-23 'America's private army' under fire for Illinois facility: Anti-war activists, locals are wary about military contractor's new training site -- EATorriero, Chicago Tribune, Includes video