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Panaconda Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 05:33 PM
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US Justice Department abandons murder case against Blackwater contractor


US Justice Department abandons murder case against Blackwater contractor
By Kate Randall
23 October 2010

The US Justice Department said Monday it would not seek charges against Andrew J. Moonen. The Blackwater Worldwide military contractor had been accused of killing a guard assigned to an Iraqi vice president on December 24, 2006.

The government’s abandonment of the case against Moonen is the latest instance in which security guards working with Blackwater, now known as Xe Services, have been allowed to walk free after committing brutal crimes against the Iraqi and Afghan population. Other prosecutions of Blackwater personnel have been blocked due to immunity deals struck with the accused.

Moonen, 30, a former army paratrooper, was the primary suspect in the Christmas Eve 2006 killing of Raheem Saadoun, a 32-year-old father of two and one of the body guards of Iraqi Vice President Adil Abdul Mahdi.

In papers filed in US District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia, Saadoun’s family alleged that on that night Moonen, a Blackwater firearms technician, shot and killed the Iraqi bodyguard in an unprovoked attack. Moonen reportedly fired three times with his Glock 9-millimeter pistol while in a drunken stupor. Moonen’s attorneys claimed he fired in self-defense.

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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/oct2010/blac-o23.shtml
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thunder rising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 05:39 PM
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1. Nothing to see here! Move along. And keep looking forward and not even sideways.
Edited on Sat Oct-23-10 05:39 PM by thunder rising
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 06:43 PM
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2. Good! Now they can devote their resources to really protecting America!
By appealing DADT!!!

Do I need this?

:sarcasm:
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 07:29 PM
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3. I knew they'd all fucking get away with it.
What a massive disappointment and betrayal.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 08:10 PM
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6. So many betrayals, who is really in charge?
Edited on Sat Oct-23-10 08:10 PM by glitch
At least their current frontmen aren't as overtly offensive as their last.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 07:57 PM
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4. Has THIS DOJ prosecuted any of the republicans for anything
they have done that is illegal. HELL NO. Holder must be sitting in a pile of BS and can't get out.
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 08:07 PM
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5. This DOJ is very nearly as corrupt as the last (mal)adminstration's.
Edited on Sat Oct-23-10 08:08 PM by HCE SuiGeneris
Seigelman springs to mind as well...
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 08:11 PM
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7. Color me surprised..............
N O T
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-24-10 12:28 AM
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10. Welcome...
my ignore list is huge. I just couldn't take it anymore.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 08:12 PM
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8. U.S. Justice - now THERE'S an oxymoron. n/t
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felix_numinous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-10 08:20 PM
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9. What is the voting record of the Justice Department?
Edited on Sat Oct-23-10 08:20 PM by felix_numinous
Who exactly votes against investigating crimes, are there any honest judges? Or are they being threatened or coerced?
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maryf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-24-10 09:51 AM
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11. K&R
:grr:
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-24-10 09:58 AM
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12. Business continuing as usual... nt
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