[Lancey Howard]

It’s not enough for the US government to maliciously go after its own troops - - now they have to also go after contractors who have been an important part of the war on terror.

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[smokingfrog]

Blackfive also has some good info on this.

[headstamp 2]

Why did one guy plead guilty?

Bad lawyer advice?

[Steve_Seattle]

I could be wrong (of course), but I think this DOJ prosection is probably some liberal careerist Dems trying to make Bush look bad, knowing the accusations will stick in the public’s mind, whereas the eventual exonerations will not. Just my opinion.

[PasorBob]

When four Blackwater USA security guards were ambushed and massacred in Fallujah in 2004, graphic images showed the world exactly what happened: four men killed, their bodies burned and dragged through the streets. A chanting mob hung two mutilated corpses from a bridge.

I wonder why they were a little concerned for their safety?

[freema]

Blackwater’s Haditha

[R. Scott]

One of the things that grate me about news coverage is the terminology used.
Newsreaders continually say “The Blackwater guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians” - but when covering a crime, even with the crime caught on tape - they always use “allegedly”.
Not so with Blackwater.

[SENTINEL]

WEAPONS CHARGES ?????

!!!

[jazusamo]

Thanks for the ping, Lancey.

This is just another injustice that these men are being prosecuted, IMO. It’s awfully hard to tell the enemy from civilians when they’re all dressed the same and there’s incoming.

[Cuttnhorse]

Good info...good links, thanks