Lawsuit accuses Blackwater guards of ignoring orders.
Lawsuit accuses Blackwater guards of ignoring orders.
The AP reports that a lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of five Iraqis who were killed and two who were injured in the September Blackwater shootout accuses Blackwater bodyguards “of ignoring a direct order and abandoning their post shortly before taking part” in the shootings:
Blackwater and State Department personnel staffing a tactical operations center “expressly directed the Blackwater shooters to stay with the official and refrain from leaving the secure area,” the complaint says. “Reasonable discovery will establish that the Blackwater shooters ignored those directives.”
Additionally, the lawsuit notes: “One of Blackwater’s own shooters tried to stop his colleagues from indiscriminately firing upon the crowd of innocent civilians but he was unsuccessful in his efforts.”
The complaint also accuses Blackwater of “failing to give drug tests to its guards in Baghdad — even though an estimated one in four of them was using steroids or other ‘judgment altering substances.’”
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The complaint also accuses Blackwater of “failing to give drug tests to its guards in Baghdad — even though an estimated one in four of them was using steroids or other ‘judgment altering substances.’†– - Sounds a lot like Rep. Claypool’s accusations against the Bartlet Administration in a The West Wing episode. I ssume the Iraqis will have better proof than Claypool did.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:31 pmA case of ‘roid rage. Put them all in jail.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:51 pmwhile we’re doubling Guantanamo, could we please double Blackwater? we really need more ill will towards the US. thanks.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:37 pmAmerica has become surreal.
The level of personal and social dishonesty (intellectual and otherwise), including abject denial of the fundamentals of our social contract, has gotten to the point that I’m beginning to think that someone put something in our collective drink.
Our grandparents would have never allowed a mercenary army – especially at the cost to the taxpayer (with the exception of the government-backed strikebreakers of the early 20th century).
We all know what’s going on, and the vast majority of Americans are opposed. How did the People get so weak?
Like I said: surreal.
November 28th, 2007 at 12:56 amWhen the administration supposedly starts bringing home American troops from Iraq, does anyone really believe that they won’t be replaced by Blackwater hired killers ?
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November 28th, 2007 at 1:04 amdoes anyone really believe that they won’t be replaced by Blackwater hired killers ?
Lets ask the democrat pols who have visited Iraq, and who were protected by these hired killers, what they think.
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November 28th, 2007 at 1:25 am…and who were protected by these hired killers,…
Protected from whom; the Iraqi’s, our good friends and buddies ?
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November 28th, 2007 at 1:31 amProtected from whom; the Iraqi’s, our good friends and buddies ?
Hard to say, again you better ask the dem pols. Allowing themselves to be guarded by hired killers…its an outrage!
November 28th, 2007 at 1:56 amAllowing themselves to be guarded by hired killers…its an outrage!
Comment by Cake Incorporated — November 28, 2007 @ 1:56 am
A little proof, dipstick, STFU!!!!
November 28th, 2007 at 2:10 amSteriod addled scum, their brains damaged and their violent tendencies amplified. No drug tests, no crimimal liability for thier acts, a questionable adherence to tax laws, and a pathological liar for a CEO who insists, against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence, that his men were only defending themselves when they massacred 17 iraqs. “subjected to oversight” indeed.
amazing, they cant seem to find a single person outside of blackawater to support thier claims about the massacre.. except our resident women and child killer apologist Kilo.
toodle loo, folks, this is my last post for awhile, im off to finish up my legal education, and soon hope to play a prominent role in showing the world what scumbags, murderers, and torturers people like Blackwater are, and in the process, making fools of idiots like Kilo who pretend these guys are valiant defendenders of america
November 28th, 2007 at 4:03 amgot a new tune for you guys to enjoy.
its called “just shoot me in the head”
its on my blog
http://www.oldhacks.blogspot.com
November 28th, 2007 at 4:17 amI thought the people hired by Blackwater were considered “Independent Contractors” or “Subcontractors”. If that’s the case, why would Blackwater drug test them? I have to say I find the whole issue of their hiring practices of employee vs independent contractor very confusing.
November 28th, 2007 at 8:10 amShorter Kilo:
The government, which I claim to distrust whenever it comes to it actually providing services, always tells the truth and is never, ever in the wrong. Further, big businesses with questionable bookkeeping practices hired solely based on their loyalty to the ruling party, are similarly flawless and honest. Always and forever.
November 28th, 2007 at 8:47 amKing George used Hessian mercenaries during the Revolutionary War, George Bush uses mercenaries 230 years later….I’m now going to take an Excedrin or 5
November 28th, 2007 at 8:49 amComment by Kilo — November 28, 2007 @ 8:00 am
well, you are the practiced expert on lying, and thanks for defending mass murder. It’s good to know where you kneel, Bush-blower.
November 28th, 2007 at 8:51 amThe guy who runs Blackwater is a born again jesus freak who is on a crusade. Remind of someone – Bush.
Mercenary army and torture being employed in a war of choice? Does not sound like the America you read about in the history books. Maybe the history books are full of shit. Maybe we are just another brand of Fascists.
I think I will block this all out and go listen to some Toby Kieth. I would rather live in a redneck fantasy world.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:05 amWhere’s Clinton or Obama? No speeches?
thank god Kos put as much energy as he did into
ridiculing Kuchinich or we might have a ‘paint the town Dennis’ movement on the Democratic side….
and that just would.not.do.
HILLARY’S CAMPAIGN MANAGER DOES THE PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR BLACKWATER – NO SHILLARY!
November 28th, 2007 at 1:59 pmThe empire’s operatives exposed: The Krongards, 9/11, and Blackwater/Iraq
By Larry Chin
Online Journal Associate Editor
Nov 19, 2007
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2652.shtml
November 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pmKilo
Aww, Kilo, you don’t like how we have your number on the issues?
November 29th, 2007 at 6:54 am