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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 07:58 AM
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Blackwater guards 'to surrender' (BBC)
Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 10:00 GMT,
Monday, 8 December 2008

Blackwater guards 'to surrender'

Five employees of the US security firm Blackwater
charged over the 2007 fatal shooting of 17 Iraqis
will surrender to US federal authorities, reports
say.

Contracted to defend US diplomats, the firm says
its guards acted in self-defence when they opened
fire when ambushed by Baghdad insurgents.

Details of the charges are expected to be made
public on Monday, with reports saying the men will
surrender in Utah.

The Iraqi government has welcomed the move to
hold "criminals accountable".

-snip-

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7769435.stm
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 08:35 AM
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1. How would you like for these fascists flying over your home?
:dem:

End corporate rights as if they should have individual rights! That is fascism in it's purist form.


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