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Family members of Iraqis killed by Blackwater contractors condemn pardons
abcnews.go.com ^ | 23 December 2020 | Guy Davies andBader Katy

Posted on 12/23/2020 11:59:04 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

When news broke that Mohammed Kinani's son’s killers, Blackwater private military contractors hired by the U.S. government in Baghdad, were pardoned Wednesday by President Trump, Kinani said it was like losing his 9-year-old boy all over again.

"I don't know what I did to Blackwater,” Kinani told ABC News. "Did I know Blackwater before? No. Why did this happen to me?"

President Donald Trump pardoned four private military contractors who were found guilty for murdering 17 Iraqi citizens, including two children, in an attack that also left over 20 injured. The decision was praised by the contractors' lawyers but has shattered the lives of the victims’ families, Kinani included.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2007; armoredconvoy; baghdad; blackwater; dustinheard; evanliberty; iraq; iraqwar; kinani; mohammadkinani; mohammedkiinani; nicholasslatten; nisoorsquare; nisoursquare; paulslough; securityguards

1 posted on 12/23/2020 11:59:04 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Just pretend they were minding their own business in a skyscraper and someone flew a jetliner into it.


2 posted on 12/23/2020 12:01:38 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: gundog

great post


3 posted on 12/23/2020 12:04:28 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: Berlin_Freeper

War is hell. Fog of war. Etc.


4 posted on 12/23/2020 12:09:07 PM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

most of us are not up to speed on the facts of the case; can someone explain the relevant details?

Arguments from those both pro and con on these pardons would be great.


5 posted on 12/23/2020 12:19:40 PM PST by ChronicMA
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This is why I hate sanctimonious politicians.

The government trains men to kill

Our government and military leaders seek to give them increasingly powerful weapons

Political leaders often LIE us into war

They rarely send their own sons and daughters, but rely on the children of fly-over country.

These wars expose these soldiers to fatal risks on a daily basis.

And then, they complete their sanctimony by micro-managing and publicly condeming that killing that inevitably takes place.


6 posted on 12/23/2020 12:19:40 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Listening to, or reading about, these raghead vermin is similar to listening to, or reading about, the BLM & Antifa vermin...

All cut from the same cloth...


7 posted on 12/23/2020 12:28:56 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: ChronicMA

Bookmark.


8 posted on 12/23/2020 12:29:39 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So what?

Now that uou cannot get any American money, you decide to open your yap?


9 posted on 12/23/2020 12:40:49 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Charges were dropped once a ways back but then reinstated in 2011 by some judge


10 posted on 12/23/2020 1:05:46 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Terry L Smith

Put then bong down son.


11 posted on 12/23/2020 1:12:31 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Post an article then take every response as personal rather than responding to the posted article.


12 posted on 12/23/2020 1:21:56 PM PST by webheart (Coronavirus, I give up. Come get me.)
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To: webheart

You posted an instruction.


13 posted on 12/23/2020 1:25:22 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
When news broke that Mohammed Kinani's son’s killers, Blackwater private military contractors hired by the U.S. government in Baghdad, were pardoned Wednesday by President Trump, Kinani said it was like losing his 9-year-old boy all over again.

Blame the presidents - Bush and Obama - who got us involved in Iraq and kept us there all these years. Trump is trying to get us out.
14 posted on 12/23/2020 2:16:50 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This is so like ABC. Always play up the “victims” and don’t address the political nature of the charges and results. The media in this country is sick and significantly responsible for the turmoil and division in this country. They are corrupt to the core.


15 posted on 12/23/2020 2:51:58 PM PST by falcon99 (qu)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Maybe Trump should tell the Media that blatant vote fraud is actually a pardon for some person or group the Left despises.

They would be ALL OVER IT before they realized that he had tricked them once again...

AMAZING how fast they dug these people up for comment, ain't it?  winking face

16 posted on 12/23/2020 6:01:42 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Trump should just tell the Media that the pardon is Hunter’s laptop...


17 posted on 12/23/2020 6:02:49 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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