Blackwater story continues
More and more information is coming out of Baghdad and it don’t look good for Blackwater. Yes, they have been allowed to operate in the country again but it looks as though there is video. As I stated a couple of days ago, we needed video to determine what happened. Without video it is a he said, he said kind of affair. Almost everything is videotaped these days. You almost can’t go to the bathroom (or have sex with your boyfriend for that matter) without someone videotaping you.
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From MSNBC.com:
Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. He said the case had been referred to the Iraqi judiciary.
Iraq’s president, meanwhile, demanded that the Americans release an Iranian arrested this week on suspicion of smuggling weapons to Shiite militias. The demand adds new strains to U.S.-Iraqi relations only days before a meeting between President Bush and Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (more…)
I was a private contractor in Iraq for 3 years. Warehouses not security. I traveled a lot around Iraq driving myself. I have seen Blackwater and other security agencies run Iraqis off the, shoot Iraqis on the side of the road for chaging a tire on there car. They never bother to look to see if anyone has a weapon, they just shoot. Its a 10 year old in a 30 year old body, a person who gets to live out there fantasy for real. Play war kill people without fear of consequences. I have been shot at by PSD teams in the GREEN ZONE. Green meaning that your weapon is to be unloaded and clip removed. All the PSD teams in Iraq need to be held accountable for there actions. They should have been removed from Iraq, and I am sorry to say that does not seem to be happening. My question is; What pressure did the US Government use to get the Iraqi Government to change its mind? I am sure our wonderful Department of State had something to do with it.
Wow. that’s very scary.
Thanks for your personal insights.