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Ruling on training facility appealed

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From the Associated Press

The city is appealing a judge’s decision to allow military contractor Blackwater Worldwide to open a counter-terrorism training facility along the Mexican border.

In a brief filed Thursday with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, City Atty. Michael Aguirre argued that the city can demand a public review of the facility for Navy sailors, which includes an indoor firing range and a mock warship built out of cargo containers.

Classes began June 5 after a federal judge found that field inspectors had signed off on the necessary permits.

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