Sunday, January 3, 2010
Blackwater
Recently in the news a hot topic has been the dismissing of the Blackwater (a private military organization) murders in Iraq by a U.S judge. As stated in this article by CNN the five guards who were accused of the murders have been released after the prosecutors case was dismissed. Of course all around the world people are upset over the verdict from the trial. Especially the Iraq government who has issued a statement that they will be searching for any former employees of Blackwater in their country and if they find them they will be charged by the Iraq government. The five guards were released after mistakes made by the US Government and the federal prosecutors. I personally find it ridiculous that they can get away with murder because the prosecutors messed up. They get away with no legal punishment because they had ammunity in the country that they worked in which was Iraq. I agree with Iraq that these men deserve to be punished for their actions which cost almost two dozens lives after they killed them unprovoked. What I personally don't understand is how these men are granted ammunity from legal persecutions in the country that they are in, how can Iraq not charge them themselves for the crimes committed in their country. I would understand if Blackwater was part of the military but they are a seperate organization and thus should be liable for their actions in another country. Do you think that these men should get off with no punishment?
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