Blackwater Logs Via Atty: Guards Fired On At Nisour Sq.

[babylonsister]

Hmmm. Then why would anyone plead guilty if this is true?


Blackwater radio logs: Guards took incoming fire

Blackwater radio logs show security guards were targeted during deadly 2007 Iraqi shooting

MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES
AP News

Dec 18, 2008 15:18 EST


Radio logs from a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad cast doubt on U.S. government claims that Blackwater Worldwide security guards were unprovoked when they killed 14 Iraqi civilians.

The transcripts of Blackwater radio reports, obtained by The Associated Press, describe a hectic eight minutes in which the guards repeatedly reported incoming gunfire from insurgents and Iraqi police.

Five guards face manslaughter and weapons charges for their roles in the shootings. A sixth has pleaded guilty. Prosecutors said the men unleashed a gruesome attack on unarmed Iraqis, including women, children and people trying to escape.

But the radio logs from the Sept. 16, 2007 shooting suggest otherwise. Copies of the logs were turned over to prosecutors by Blackwater.

Because Blackwater guards were authorized to fire in self-defense, any evidence their convoy was attacked will make it harder for the Justice Department to prove they acted unlawfully.

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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/12/blackwater_radio_logs_guards_t.php

[atreides1]

1. Are they serious???

Radio logs provided by Blackwater? How convenient!

[spanone]

2. how convenient that they just now materialized.......just a koinkydink

[Bandit]

3. Remember now Iraqis are not considered to be real people so their word means nothing

There were over a hundred witnesses to the event. Not a single one of them said there was any shots fired at the Blackwater people..

[ck4829]

4. It's a TRANSCRIPT (And a COPY of a TRANSCRIPT at that), where is the actual radio report at?

This doesn't pass the smell test.