Oct 29, 2007

I'll tell you what happened...

I'll tell you what happened as long as you promise not to tell anyone else, and you won't get angry. Okay? Really? You promise you won't get angry... or prosecute?

Okay - Remember that one time that Blackwater said its Sept. 16 convoy was under attack before it opened fire in west Baghdad's Nisoor Square, killing 17 Iraqis? The follow-up investigation by the Iraqi government, found out from Suzie that Blackwater's men were unprovoked. No witnesses have been found to contradict that finding.

The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned.

The immunity deal has delayed a criminal inquiry into the Sept. 16 killings and could undermine any effort to prosecute security contractors for their role in the incident that has infuriated the Iraqi government.

"Once you give immunity, you can't take it away," said a senior law enforcement official familiar with the investigation.

For reals. Our 'leaders' and government are now using the vocabulary and mannerisms of a group of 3rd graders. "Nah Uh! That's totally not fair!" said an unnamed Iraqi official

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