US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard
Submitted by meekandmild on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 20:43
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. It touched off a string of investigations that ultimately led the State Department to cancel the company's lucrative contract to guard diplomats in Iraq.
Iraqis have said they're watching closely to see how the U.S. judicial system handles the five men accused of unleashing an unprovoked attack on civilians with machine guns and grenades.
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If only Iraq could have him extradicted
and tried there, as a terrorist.
This from
the article:
"...A one-paragraph notice filed Friday says only that prosecutors have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped. The government's detailed request to the court was filed with the judge and with the defendant, but was not made public..."
I'm interested in why, but I guess none of "us" will know...it does say there's an option to refile NEW charges later...
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I didn't read the article
I didn't read the article you linked but I remember the incident. This seems pretty bad. If I'm remembering correctly, the guards got spooked and ended up killing a load of innocent people. Talk about getting away with murder.
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