Blackwater guards charged in Iraq shooting

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Blackwater security guards were charged on Monday with killing 14 unarmed civilians and wounding 20 others in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that outraged Iraqis and strained U.S.-Iraqi relations.

U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor said one of the victims was shot in the chest while standing in the street with his hands up in the air while another victim was injured from a grenade fired into a nearby girls' school.

In a 35-count indictment, the U.S. Justice Department charged the men with 14 counts of manslaughter, 20 counts of attempt to commit manslaughter and one weapons violation count. If convicted, the men face 10 years in prison for each manslaughter charge, plus additional time for other charges.

"The government alleges in the documents unsealed today that at least 34 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured without justification or provocation by these Blackwater security guards in the shooting at Nisoor Square," said Patrick Rowan, assistant attorney general for national security.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4B73YS200...

[russspeakeasy]

1. And where the hell is the responsibility

of that black bag piece of shit company///They sucked billions
out of our pockets. fed literal shit to our troops, lied about
what they would do to complete their no bid contracts, but
they aren't complicit??????????
Bullshit...a pox on all their houses..................

[maddezmom]

2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...