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By David Sessions - Politics DailyCiting the misuse of statements from the defendants, a federal judge Thursday threw out the indictment of five Blackwater guards charged with shooting Iraq civilians, the New York Times reports. The case was one of the highest-profile prosecutions to come out of the Iraq war -- a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that left 14 Iraqi civilians dead. The incident fragmented the relationship between the United States and the fledgling Iraqi government. District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina said that Justice Department prosecutors built their case on sworn statements the defendants made under the promise of ...
Judge Dismisses All Charges in Blackwater Shooting
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 1) -- A federal judge cited repeated government missteps in dismissing all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a case that inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed the case against the guards accused of the shooting in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007. The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead. The Iraqi government wanted the guards to face trial in Iraq and officials there said they would closely watch how the U.S. judicial system handled the ...
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