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The War
Profiteers - War Crimes, Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money |
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CNN Documentary on Blackwater Killings - September 19th,
2007 |
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“It started out as a family errand: Ahmed Haithem Ahmed was driving
his mother, Mohassin, to pick up his father from the hospital where he worked
as a pathologist. As they approached Nisour Square at midday on Sept. 16,
they did not know that a bomb had gone off nearby or that a convoy of four
armored vehicles carrying Blackwater guards armed with automatic rifles was
approaching. Moments later a bullet tore through Mr. Ahmed’s head, he slumped,
and the car rolled forward. Then Blackwater guards responded with a barrage
of gunfire and explosive weapons, leaving 17 dead and 24 wounded [… ]” Excerpt of a New York
Times article
from October 3rd, 2007. |
Aftermath of the killings: destroyed car |
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The Video |
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External view: link file format: .flv |
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The Blackwater CEO and the victims |
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Eric Prince |
Survivor Hassan Jabir recovers in hospital |
H. & M. Ahmed lost mother and brother |
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Video & Photo Credits The Video 1) The video is a short documentary on the Blackwater killings, which
was produced by CNN and was aired on September 19th, 2007. Background 1) An Iraqi police officer inspects a car destroyed in Nisour Square
in Baghdad in a shooting involving Blackwater security guards. - September
2007 - Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press; The executive and the victims 1) Blackwater USA
Chief Executive Erik Prince - September 2007 - Sarah Davis/Associated Press; 2) A man who was
wounded in a shooting attack by the security guards of Blackwater firm is
helped by his relatives in a hospital in Baghdad. - September 20th,
2007 - Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters; 3) Haider and Mariam Ahmed lost their mother and older brother in the
shooting involving guards for Blackwater USA. - October 2nd, 2007
- Johan Spanner/New York Times; |
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Summary of the Blackwater
Killings |
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