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A private land owner in Potrerosaid that he was personally OPPOSED to Blackwater going in there, as the site that Blackwater picked, is only about 3/4 mile from his house! Also, the area is zoned agricultural, not commercial, as Blackwater would like. The area is a small valley in the shape of a big bowl.
SUPPOSEDLY, according to Blackwater, the site is only going to be used for training police and sheriff’s deputies to use small arms, and do high speed driving, as it is to have a high speed driving course as well. He said noise would most likely be a problem, especially at night, even though Blackwater had assured the “locals” that all firing would be during daylight hours, and traffic wouldn’t be a problem, as participants would all be bused in and out.
I told him that I didn’t think I could quite swallow that much bullshit in one swallow, and he agreed that he couldn’t either. Since most military trains at night, and in the dark, we both figured that there would be plenty of training going on at night, regardless of Blackwater “assurances.” He said he was sure that personnel from the base would be practiceing their “gillie suit craft” on the locals, he was not too happy with the prospect of it being right in his own back yard!
As to other things happening in the Campo area, he said the group of “locals” he was now in, have already completed over 3/4 of a mile of 9 feet tall chain link fence, in a north-south direction along the East side of Tierra Del Sol, and are about to start the East-West run of the fence as soon as adequate materials are gathered up. The 9 ft. tall fence is topped off with 3 feet of razor wire on top.
He says that it’s quite impressive ! These same locals are busting large numbers of illegals, as they come in, in large groups of 10-20. The group has ghillie suits, secure comms, and night vision. They surround them, order them to the ground, search them, photograph all the documents they have on them, take their shoes and “booties off,” and wait for the Border Patrol to get there. Their fence also has cameras and sensor units on it. Four o’clock in the morning seems to be a good time for the illegals to enter, although they do come in at all hours. He said everyone of them has a cell phone, which is the first thing that is confiscated.
This just goes to show you that when the Federal Government won’t do their jobs, the people will rise to the occasion. He also said they caught a B.P. Agent asleep in his jeep one night, and took pictures of him before they woke him up !
He says that there are many anti-war protestors out there protesting Blackwater’s plans. They were giving interviews to Al Jazeera. What a bunch of quacks.
My friend gave a view on Channel 8 the other day, from the local land owners’ view point.
Will post more, as it becomes available.