US prosecutors target 6 Blackwater guards
18/8/98
US prosecutors have sent letters to six Blackwater security guards involved in a Baghdad shooting last year in a move that could lead to groundbreaking criminal indictments, The Washington Post reported yesterday. Bodyguards from US security firm Blackwater Worldwide opened fire in a traffic jam last September, killing 17 Iraqi civilians while escorting a convoy of US diplomats through the capital under a contract with the State Department. The incident enraged the Iraqi government, which called it a “massacre” and demanded the right to try the guards in Iraq. Iraqis were further upset in April when the State Department renewed Blackwater’s contract to protect its embassy staff.
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=112987&d=18&m=8&y=2008
Tags: Iraq, Mercenaries, Terrorism, USA