Democracy Now! EXCLUSIVE: Blackwaters Youngest Victim 1 of 4

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Democracy Now! EXCLUSIVE: Blackwaters Youngest Victim 2 of 4

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Democracy Now! EXCLUSIVE: Blackwaters Youngest Victim 3 of 4

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Democracy Now! EXCLUSIVE: Blackwaters Youngest Victim 4 of 4

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EXCLUSIVEBlackwaters Youngest Victim: Father of 9 Year-Old Killed in Nisour Square Gives Most Detailed Account of Massacre to Date

Today a Democracy Now! exclusive report from Jeremy Scahill about a nine year old boy, shot in the head and killed by Blackwater in the infamous Nisour Square massacre. His father, who is suing the private military contractor, provides the most detailed eyewitness account of the massacre to date. Scahill has conducted an in-depth investigation of the massacre and of nine-year old Ali Kinanis death. He files an exclusive report with Rick Rowley of Big Noise Films.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/29/exclusiveblackwaters_youngest_victim_father_of_9



Blackwater's Youngest Victim By Jeremy Scahill

Every detail of September 16, 2007, is burned in Mohammed Kinani's memory. Shortly after 9 am he was preparing to leave his house for work at his family's auto parts business in Baghdad when he got a call from his sister, Jenan, who asked him to pick her and her children up across town and bring them back to his home for a visit. The Kinanis are a tightknit Shiite family, and Mohammed often served as a chauffeur through Baghdad's dangerous streets to make such family gatherings possible.

Mohammed had just pulled away from his family's home in the Khadamiya neighborhood in his SUV. His youngest son, 9-year-old Ali, came tearing down the road after him, asking his father if he could accompany him. Mohammed told him to run along and play with his brothers and sister. But Ali, an energetic and determined kid, insisted. Mohammed gave in, and off the father and son went.

As Mohammed and Ali drove through Baghdad that hot and sunny Sunday, they passed a newly rebuilt park downtown. Ali gazed at the park and then turned to his father and asked, "Daddy, when are you gonna bring us here?"

"Next week," Mohammed replied. "If God wills it, son."


http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100215/scahill



An accompanying slideshow of Ali Kinani, his family, and the Nisour massacre can be found here.
http://www.thenation.com/slideshow/20100208/scahill_slideshow

[niyad]

1. heartbreaking. and blackwater and prince continue raking in billions.

[unapatriciated]

2. k&R with a sad and heavy heart

no words express my sorrow for this family and nation we have destroyed.

[ejbr]

3. sinful n/t

[sattahipdeep]

5. Prince’s brazen denials

Despite Prince’s brazen denials, the thought of suing Blackwater did not cross Mohammad’s mind. He did not want anyone’s money. He readily cooperated with U.S. military and federal investigators and believed that justice would be done in America.

Then he says, Blackwater steps in. February 2008, ABC News did a brief story about Mohamed. The day the story was posted online, Blackwater attorney tried to take legal action against the network. Accusing ABC of defamation.

What outraged Mohammed, was Blackwater denied its forces killed Ali, claiming instead he was killed by a “stray bullet”, possibly fired by U.S. military an hour “after Blackwater personnel had departed the scene.”

MOHAMMED KINANI: I said, I’m not taking a penny from you. I want nothing. I asked them if it wanted to resolve the problem and they said yes. I said, okay, give me a pen and paper. I said, look, I have the paper and a can sign it and waive all of my rights. All of them. I will sign now, but under one condition. ‘I want the head of Blackwater to apologize publicly to me in America.’ And say, ‘We killed your son and we’re sorry.’ That’s all I want. I told them I don’t want 50 or 20 thousand dollars. I just want him to publically apologize. That would be enough for me.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/29/exclusiveblackwaters_youngest_victim_father_of_9

[EFerrari]

4. Jeremy Scahill did a brilliant job. And I'm so happy to see DN! loaded

to YouTube! Thanks!

[Sienna86]

6. An atrocity - murder of innocents

I have a 9 year old. I am grateful the Government is supporting his appeal. Slim chance for justice.

[Roaddogg.jj]

7. Yikes!

Why does Obama still use them?

[sattahipdeep]

8. Erik Prince murder allegations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkiBaa_8F0

Naomi Wolf: 'Obama can lock any US citizen up without trial'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLSeD19m3UE

[90-percent]

9. Twilight Zone

There were so many posters on youtube defending Prince and Blackwater it made me doubt my own judgment. And my own critical thinking.

Wolf made an excellent point about the mercs - they have no obligation to speak to journalists at all. That gives another layer of deniability to those that choose to murder innocents indiscriminately.

-90% Jimmy

[defendandprotect]

10. If our own army is the most "brutal" and "cruel" ever raised. . . what's Blackwater!!??

[Shining Jack]

11. K&R

Those creeps receive big checks for killing innocent people.I don't understand why professional killers providing corporations like Blackwater are allowed to exist.That's disgusting.

[marylanddem]

12. This is an amazing work of journalism.

Thank you, Jeremy Scahill.

[eagertolearn]

13. This is very very sad. Blackwater has been a dirty name since we first heard of them

and their assiciation with Dick Cheney. Why are we still protecting them now that bush and Cheney are out? i just don't get this???? Great job on the film. Veru heart wrenching story.

[24EvelJustin24]

14. So sad

........

[Mari333]

15. knr