The Blackwater Shootout In
Baghdad
It Happened In Downtown Baghdad
An IED Went Off And Blackwater
Opened Up On A Crowd
Kids Were Shot As They Rushed
To The Scene
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There Are Two Versions
Blackwater says their convoy was attacked
by militia men dressed as civilians. It was all self defense.
The Iraqis say, a car near the
convoy didn't stop, and Blackwater sprayed it. Next the Iraqi police opened
up on Blackwater. There was a firefight in a town square, and Blackwater
executed at least twenty civilians. Civilians claim a Blackwater
helicopter sprayed the crowd.
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A Car Follows Too Close
An IED went off near a building where State Officials were meeting,
Blackwater decided to eveacuate. The mercenaries took an offensive
stance as the convoy went back to base. Blackwater is flying through a Baghdad neighborhood, an Iraqi
policeman tries to clear the traffic, a car doesn't stop in time. The
mercenaries open up, and spray the car.
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Blackwater And Iraqi Police
Iraqi Army soldiers opened
fire at the Blackwater team, which the Blackwater team responded back.
The mercenaries shot up five cars, and a minibus,
killing at least 20 women and
children.
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It Happened In Downtown Baghdad
A State department convoy was traveling in Baghdad's al-Nisur
Square
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They
Called In A Helicopter
A Blackwater helicopter was
also present at some point during the attack, and according to a
Washington Post employee, it fired several times from the air,
although Blackwater has denied this.
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Dozens Of Witnesses
Unlike many deaths blamed
on foreign contractors, this shooting took place in downtown Baghdad,
an area with dozens of witnesses. "We see the security firms ... doing
whatever they want in the streets.
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Eyewitness
Hasan
Jaber
Salman,
one of the wounded and an Iraqi lawyer, charged that "no one did
anything to provoke Blackwater" and that "as we turned back they
opened fire at all cars from behind"
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Blackwater Has A Free Hand
A lot of team leaders are Israelis, and General Petreaus looks the
other way
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Must Have Been A Nasty Shootout
Mercenaries have been playing cowboy for the last four years, and no
one has said a word. There is something different on this incident, and
the Iraqis want justice. But nothing will happen, Bush will blow it off,
and a few Iraqi officials will get large deposits in their bank
accounts.
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