Five Blackwater Employees Indicted for Manslaughter in Iraq
Dec-8-08 03:46 pm
Nisour Square, the Scene of the Shooting
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The Justice Department unsealed
a 35-count indictment against five Blackwater employees for actions associated with the killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians on September 16, 2007. The charges include fourteen counts of voluntary manslaughter and fifteen counts of of attempt to commit manslaughter. For previous discussion of this incident, see posts
here and
here.
