The 2007
Blackwater Shootout In Baghdad
They Killed 17 Arabs, And
Wounded 13 Others
The Convoy That Started It
All
It Happened In Downtown
Baghdad
A City Square In Downtown
Baghdad
After The Shoot-Out
A Car Wouldn't Pull Over For
A Convoy And Blackwater Opened Up On A Crowd
A Mother And Her Child Were
Incinerated By A Grenade
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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They Shoot Her Teenage Daughter
Once these killers started firing, they just shot everyone in the
square.
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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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