Blackwater Shooting Charges All dropped By Judge...

[lib2DaBone]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/31/blackwater-shooting-charg_n_408604.html

WASHINGTON — A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007.

Citing repeated government missteps, U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed a case that had been steeped in international politics. The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. The Iraqi government wanted the guards to face trial in Iraq and officials there said they would closely watch how the U.S. judicial system handled the case.



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They only murdered a few brown people.. what difference does it make? They are heros.

What's the worse that could happen... some radical puts explosives in his underwear and tries to blow up a plane? Nah... they hate us for our freedom.

:sarcasm:

[niyad]

1. k and r--and you might want to look at your title

[stray cat]

2. I thought progressives believed in rights and due process?

it was thrown out due to government misconduct it appears.

[Moochy]

3. Surprise ! The prosecutors screwed up

Eve, in a 90-page ruling on December 31, 2009, Judge Urbina did not address the substance of the case but said prosecutors had misused statements made by the defendants under promise of immunity.

[Turbineguy]

4. Just because somebody is guilty

it doesn't diminish the burden of proof.