Five Blackwater Guards To Face manslaughter and assault charges Next Week
By John Amato Saturday Dec 06, 2008 6:30am
Will Blackwater be brought to justice?
Five Blackwater guards have been told to surrender to the FBI by Monday to face federal manslaughter and assault charges connected to the shooting deaths of 17 civilians at an traffic circle in Iraq last year, ABC News has learned.
Law enforcement officials say the grand jury hearing the case was in session Thursday in Washington, D.C. and was expected to have voted on the indictments.
The federal investigation revealed that two of the Blackwater guards did most of the shooting and are expected to face either murder or manslaughter charges, law enforcement officials said...read on
You may remember that this story broke...
...just days after the Blackwater CEO and founder Erik Prince's testimony under oath that his personnel " have never intentionally killed civilians ," we now learn that US military reports confirm the Iraqi Govt's account of Blackwater's mercenaries' unprovoked opening fire on unarmed Iraqis...read on
And I wonder how Obama will handle them...
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Has anyone heard Obama's take on Blackwater? Seems like there are more mercenaries in Iraq these days than troops. Are these people going to come home, or what?
Nothing will change. these security companies or the Military Industrial complex (is there a difference?) don't make multi-year, multi-billion $$ plans without knowing that the leadership of the nation is in the bag.
When war criminals (of varying degrees) Henry Kissinger, Albright, Brzezinski, and Powell all endorse your candidate...
well... think about it.
Kissinger endorsed McCain for president, not Obama.
what did Kissinger say about Obama's appointments? HE LIKES THEM.
From Wash Post editorial from War Criminal Kissinger:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...
Lets see who did this, and I can tell you who didnt: Their A-listers. This was done by the guns for hire from South America, I've heard this group was from Chile. Either way, this was such an inexperienced group that all that the Blackwater guys getting thrown under the FBI bus will be from somewhere other than here.
Like Abu Ghraib, the principal architects will remain untouched. And most all of their killing will continue to go unpunished. Btw, links not working
This is a sham. The people behind it are too powerful to be touched.
Bush just added 5 new names to his pardon list.
blackwater is the international force that bush has been bragging about all this time... there are more private mercinaries in iraq and elswhere than regular troops... these guys may serve obligitory time, but erik prince will skate as well as rumsfeld and all other guilty parties... sad america...
no.
It will be especially interesting to see how Obama 'handles Blackwater.' I believe Obama will do nothing, and, by nothing, I mean he will not rescind Blackwater's illegal contract with the State Dept. Let alone its continued existence, which is illegal in this country. How do I know that? Because the US Constitution provides for the only types of armed forces: the US Army and state militias. That doesn't mean people can't bear arms, but that does mean we outlawed, long ago, the idea of private armies. If they want to incorporate in some foreign land. That's fine. But they can't be allowed to operate from American soil, and they should not be allowed on American soil, unless they are prosecuted, fined and shut down. There aren't any private armies in America. It is sad that no one dares point this out or does anything about it.
"Obama will not rescind Blackwater's illegal contract with the State Dept."
And just watch the idiot republicans try to use this as a reason for Obama's Impeachment.
isn't it clear to you yet?
the democrats and the republicans are on the same side.
the Empire, war profiteering, military-industrial complex, bank and retirement looting side.
and neither are on your side.
and corporate execs are above the law.
That should be clear by now.
The Constitution?
Goddam piece of quaint paper.
Now; shut up and pray to Jeezus and read the BuyBull.
And don't be smokin no reefers -
We got plenty of prisons for those who violate IMPORTANT laws!
If we have plenty of prisons for those who break the drug laws then how come Rush isn't in prison right now? No, the drug laws only apply to the unwashed masses, it doesn't apply to anyone who makes enough money or is willing to take part in their crimes.
And if you take part in their crimes and they feel your not worthy, then don't be surprised when you become the patsy.
the clause in the "New Improved Unwritten Constitootion" where it says:
Wealthy people are not subject to ANY laws, as long as they are Republican. (Martha Stewart Clause)
I will be amazed if these people ever come in front of a judge. If they do, however, the trials should be televised for the whole world to see!
verdict , not guilty on all counts , no one is guilty if its for the government, its the law!
Memo to AttyGen Holder:
Subject: RICO
Please prosecute the Amway puke, Erik Prince for the above crime.
Why not make a Continuing Criminal Enterprise case?
Life in Marion Federal Prison should just about do it.
This way Bush won't be around to pardon them if they are convicted.
Perhaps they will go to work as ranch hands on Rancho Arbusto in Paraguay.
Give em to the Iraqi's. Let them handle it.
I like assalted and buttered movie popcorn
And scytherius's suggestion.
I mean, how can we trust the Iraqi people to trust the Iraqi government that WE set up and then don't trust oourselves?
"Give em to the Iraqi's. Let them handle it".
I'd guess they will eventually will be indicted by Iraq.
This is from our Declaration of Independence where grievances were being ennumerated against King George that seems applicable to Iraq:
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance...
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
Blackwater is as much a stain on the USA as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. They are lawless "he-man" brigands that act on their own. They are indeed a private army, sold to the highest bidder. Very feudalistic. A new American class system has been created, not unlike in aristocracies of old.
The British Empire, after a couple of centuries of heinous crimes, ultimately civilized the English. America is still in the early stages of Empire building, and conducting the criminal loot, pillage and torture part of the exercise. It has made America barbaric.
It was the tea-time, fetes, Beef Wellington, and recreational caning that did it.
Yeah something like that. Now raise that pinkie damn it!
i saw a piece on this on yahoo news or something and they showed the accused. Amazingly in marine uniforms, doesnt that blur the lines just a little bit?
oh wait, once a marine always a marine
Don't forget Bush and Cheney, along with the Prince of darkness!
If that is true then WTF
whats to stop these contractors from merging and taking over
the government?
I mean they are private armies right?
http://www.barackobamacans.blogspot.com
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