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This is Ali. He was 9 years old when Blackwater contractors whom Trump pardoned today murdered him. No justice for Ali, but let's keep asking, "why do they hate us?" https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1341536244195594241
Alas. US attorney said at the time:
“These Blackwater contractors unleashed powerful sniper fire, machine guns & grenade launchers on innocent men,women & children.They were held accountable forthat outrageous attack&its devastating consequences for so many Iraqi families.”
“These Blackwater contractors unleashed powerful sniper fire, machine guns & grenade launchers on innocent men,women & children.They were held accountable forthat outrageous attack&its devastating consequences for so many Iraqi families.”
"Despite their skepticism about the trial, more than two dozen Iraqi witnesses volunteered to travel to Washington to testify. They described a scene of horror and confusion as they took cover from the machine-gun fire coming from American armored trucks."
"An Iraqi traffic officer described watching a woman cradle her dead’s son’s head on her shoulder, shortly before her own death.
A father sobbed uncontrollably as he testified about his 9-year-old son’s death."
A father sobbed uncontrollably as he testified about his 9-year-old son’s death."
"And witnesses from inside the Blackwater convoy described their former colleagues as firing recklessly on innocent people."
"But the defendants showed little emotion. Three of them arrived late to court. Mr. Heard broke the courtroom silence by popping open a Coke can just before the jury entered."
Why couldn't these men be prosecuted in #Iraq, where the US had deployed over 100,000 unaccountable military contractors? Because the US occupation authority, the "CPA", had issued Decree 17 immunizing contractors from prosecution!
Iraq's new post-occupation parliament attempted to rescind this decree - which was still in effect on Sep 16, 2007, the date of the massacre - but only in October 2007, after the massacre. Too late for the Iraqi victims of this Blackwater killing spree.
