“Deliberate Murder And Shall Be Punished”

October 7th, 2007 Posted By Pat Dollard.

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This from the Iraqi Government as the joint US-Iraq commission meets for the first time today:

Baghdad, Oct 7, (VOI)- The spokesman for the Iraqi government Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh said on Sunday that an Iraqi government’s investigation committee found that Blackwater’s vehicle convoy did not come under direct or indirect fire when its guards opened fire at civilians in al-Nosour square, western Baghdad, last month, accusing the guards of “committing deliberate murder.”

“The committee set up by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on al-Nosour incident concluded that Blackwater vehicle convey did not come under direct or indirect fire but its guards opened fire at civilians with no excuse,” the Iraqi government’s spokesman said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The statement added “thus, Blackwater’s guards committed a deliberate murder and shall be punished according to the law.”

The statement also unveiled that the casualties of the al-Nosour incident were 17 civilians dead and 27 wounded.

On September 16, guards of a convey escorted by the U.S. Blackwater security company opened fire at civilians in al-Nosour square, western Baghdad, allegedly after their convoy came under fire. Iraqi eyewitnesses slammed the guards’ side of the story, accusing the guards of unjustifiably firing at civilians.

The incident rose anger in Iraq leading to calls to review the work of private security companies in Iraq, companies that provide protection to U.S. embassy and staff.

A joint Iraqi and U.S. fact-finding committee was set up to review the work of the private security companies in Iraq, and to establish basic rules for these companies’ work in the country.


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3 Responses

  1. LftBhndAgn

    Im calling bullshit.

  2. Ted B

    Oh really? Hmm, sounds like a typically thorough job of investigating to me. As expected, the Time article was about as informative as a Bazooka Joe bubble gum wrapper. Proof? Ballistics? Video of the incident? WTF?

    I’m not willing to hand over Americans to third world justice.

  3. Cridhe Saorsa

    I’m not willing to hand over third-world friendly’s to third-world justice either. Form a line and let’s fight our way out through Iran.

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