Blackwater guards "Utah" strategy is squashed...

[annabanana]

It looks like they'll stand trial somewhere besides the fundie northwoods..

WASHINGTON — Five Blackwater Worldwide guards charged with the unprovoked shooting that killed 14 innocent Iraqis and wounded dozens of others in 2007 will get their day in a Washington court after unsuccessfully trying to move the trial to Utah.

A federal judge on Monday ordered the guards to report Jan. 6 to a District of Columbia courthouse, where they are expected to plead not guilty.

The decision came hours after prosecutors announced charges against the guards that carry mandatory 30-year prison terms for the wild gunfire and grenade attacks on a Baghdad street.

The guards “must be held accountable for their actions, not just for the integrity of the American people, but for the Iraqi men, women and children whose lives have been destroyed,” FBI Assistant Director Joseph Persichini said at a Justice Department news conference in Washington.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gLy-7Qsm2KeE15rL6Is9p56BcWhwD94BVTE00

[midnight]

1. Finally this case will get it's day in court.

[Lint Head]

2. Stop Blackwater. Outlaw mercenary corporations in the USA!

I predict that the next big issue will be the privatization of torture. Prisons are already private.
:dem:


Blackwater Scans Bahgdad.
How would you like them flying over your home?

[EnviroBat]

7. The day we see them flying over our homes.

Is the day we should be taking up arms against them. They are a threat to us socially, constitutionally, and are no more than domestic terrorists that have been given the nod to operate freely by the current, criminal administration. I will not recognize them as an authority, and would defend myself against them as I would any armed criminal.

Blackwater needs to end!

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

8. Yes indeed!

I would like to second your statement. I'd further state that they are a threat politically, morality wise, and ethically.

[YOY]

3. There's something to be said about privatizing the military or police and public sympathy.

I have absolutely no pity or questioning of the situation when one of these ass-hammers get greased.

[Lint Head]

4. There's nothing to be said about privatizing the military or police

and public sympathy. It's the last step toward fascism.
:dem:

[YOY]

5. I meant the relationship and just how sorry the public would feel when they bite one.

No pity at all.

Hell, I'd imagine them being targeted for their gear by criminals and resistance alike.

[burythehatchet]

6. In other news, approximately 99.5% of Blackwater's crimes go unnoticed.

by American authorities.

[GentryDixon]

9. The Salt Lake Tribune showed all these young men in their military uniforms.

First impressions speaks volumes. It is easier to believe a military man versus a mercenary. I am happy to see the Judge didn't buy their argument.

[hootinholler]

10. It wasn't just the SLT

NBC Nightly News had the boot photos of them as well. Very misleading, many low information news consumers will think we are prosecuting soldiers.

-Hoot