From Crooks and Liars:
Via CNN:
The Iraqi government will file criminal charges against employees of U.S. security firm Blackwater who are blamed for a gun battle in Baghdad in which civilians were killed, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said Sunday.
It is unclear how Iraqi courts will attempt to bring the contractors to trial. A July report from the Congressional Research Service said the Iraqi government has no authority over private security firms contracted by the U.S. government.
The Iraqi government claims that as many as 20 civilians were killed by the private contractors, who were guarding a U.S. diplomatic convoy.
Iraqi officials, who claim the shootings were unprovoked, dispute the U.S. claim that the guards were responding to an attack and said on Saturday they had a videotape that showed the Blackwater guards opened fire without provocation. Read more…
This, among other things in Iraq were not handled well by the US, so Iraq took matters in their own hands.
ReplyDeleteIt's all in the video tape and this time the White House lies can't help. This group of Blackwater hired killers have been involved in everything from the torture cases, Pat Tillman's murder and other so called unsolved murders of innocent Iraq men/women/children. These guys were given protection by the White House and it was announced that they could not be charged with any crimes.
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