Blackwater guards get weekend to party before surrendering to FBI
ABC:
"Five Blackwater guards have been told to surrender to the FBI by Monday to face federal manslaughter and assault charges connected to the shooting deaths of 17 civilians at an traffic circle in Iraq last year, ABC News has learned."
Interesting, the sub-heading in the ABC story reads:
"Guards Told to Surrender to the FBI by Monday on Manslaughter, Assault Counts"
Yet in the body of the article...
"The federal investigation revealed that two of the Blackwater guards did most of the shooting and are expected to face either murder or manslaughter charges, law enforcement officials said."
By rights, the guards should have to surrender to Iraqi officials for punishment under Iraqi law. Here I'll be surprised if they get more than the equivalent of a rap on the head with a foam finger, if there's a guilty verdict.
And that's a big if.
-Diane
"Five Blackwater guards have been told to surrender to the FBI by Monday to face federal manslaughter and assault charges connected to the shooting deaths of 17 civilians at an traffic circle in Iraq last year, ABC News has learned."
Interesting, the sub-heading in the ABC story reads:
"Guards Told to Surrender to the FBI by Monday on Manslaughter, Assault Counts"
Yet in the body of the article...
"The federal investigation revealed that two of the Blackwater guards did most of the shooting and are expected to face either murder or manslaughter charges, law enforcement officials said."
By rights, the guards should have to surrender to Iraqi officials for punishment under Iraqi law. Here I'll be surprised if they get more than the equivalent of a rap on the head with a foam finger, if there's a guilty verdict.
And that's a big if.
-Diane
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