FBI Interviews Iraqi Witnesses of Blackwater Shooting

[supernova]

Source: WRAL.Com

By SAMEER N. YACOUB
Associated Press Writer
Posted: Feb. 29 6:01 p.m.
Updated: Today at 8:01 a.m.

MOYOCK, N.C. — The Justice Department appears to be gathering testimony from Iraqi witnesses for a possible trial of Blackwater Worldwide security guards over a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.

The witnesses were interviewed by FBI agents and Justice Department attorneys who arrived in Baghdad last week to re-examine evidence from the Sept. 16 shooting and determine whether charges might be brought in U.S. courts. Blackwater is based in Moyock in Currituck County.

One Iraqi police officer, who saw the shooting but like other policemen interviewed by The Associated Press spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case, said investigators asked repeatedly whether the Blackwater convoy was under attack from gunmen before the guards opened fire on the intersection near Baghdad's crowded Nisoor Square.
The officer said he told the FBI team there was no attack on the Blackwater convoy, and the only shooting was done by the Blackwater guards.

Read more: http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/2509810/

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It appears a few Blackwater heads might be on the chopping block in the future for the murder of 17 Iraqi citizens last year.

Mods: This is a new development in this story.

[uppityperson]

1. good. k&r