Two Blackwater Guards Arrested by FBI on Murder Charges

[proud patriot]

A friend on facebook posted a link to this

They are charged with killing two Afghan civilians in May 2009

By Jeremy Scahill

Two former Blackwater operatives were arrested by US federal agents on murder charges, stemming from their alleged involvement in the shooting deaths of two Afghan civilians in Kabul in May. They have been identified as Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va. They have been charged with “crimes including second-degree murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses while working as contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan,” according to the Justice Department. The 13-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on Jan. 6 and unsealed today.
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http://rebelreports.com/post/322008047/two-blackwater-guards-arrested-by-fbi-on-murder-charges

[DeeOwl]

1. Only two?

Two Blackwater "operatives" arrested for murder? All I got to say: only two?

[gateley]

2. Jeremy Scahill has done an exemplary job of chronicling and following Blackwater

and its incarnations --

I wonder if this would have happened if he hadn't been shining the light on them.

I'm happy to see this. May it be the first justice of many to come.

[TexasObserver]

3. Recommend

[NYC_SKP]

4. Great news. kick. n/t

[Jamastiene]

5. I hope they are held accountable for the things they have done.

K&R

[Quantess]

6. And yet Erik Prince is supposedly a devout "Christian".

[Jamastiene]

7. He's a right winger who donates LOTS of money

to the Republican Party. His mentality over in the middle east has been that it is a Christian Crusade to destroy Islam.

He's freaking evil.

It's all on the wiki page about him.

[Quantess]

8. I wonder if he's also behind the new "conservative Bible"

The Bible that puts a serious RW spin on the bible, since the previous versions were too liberal.

[Jamastiene]

12. I'm not sure.

Here are some sourced money amounts he has given various right wing groups like Focus on the Family and of course, his own family's group, The Family Research Council.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince#Political_donations

And more info here:
http://www.nndb.com/people/926/000117575/

[provis99]

9. since the US judicial system has no jurisdiction in Afghanistan,

this is just a lot of show, to make the government look like it is doing something. I'll bet the charges are quietly dropped within six months.

[pinto]

10. What's that phrase? - The wheels of justice...

Sad stuff all around.

:hi:

[Hekate]

11. That would be a good start. KnR. nt

[unkachuck]

13. K&R....n/t