Iraqi Families Sue Blackwater
A law firm in Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit against Blackwater on behalf of the families of the Iraqis killed and injured in last month's shooting in Baghdad. The lawsuit calls the incident a senseless slaying.
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This was a summary execution, an execution without a trial," said Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights which is part of the legal team.
In a report released earlier this month Iraqi officials called the incident a premeditated murder. Blackwater gaurds U.S. diplomats and claim that a convoy they were protecting was attacked and the killings resulted from them doing their job.
Just one more lawsuit in a long line of them...
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