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Gamebreaker
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Re: The Most Fresh & Cordial Political Thread Ever
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Shock And Dismay After Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Who Killed 14 Iraqi Civilians December 23, 20205:44 PM ET Laurel Wamsley at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., November 7, 2018. (photo by Allison Shelley) Laurel Wamsley https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/94967...14-iraqi-civil Among the pardons made by President Trump this week, the pardon of four former guards for Blackwater has been regarded by some as particularly galling. Trump Grants Slew Of Pardons, Including To George Papadopoulos And Duncan Hunter POLITICS Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted six years ago in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians and the wounding of 17 others. Witnesses described how the American men ambushed the civilians unprovoked, firing on Baghdad's Nisour Square with heavy gunfire and grenade launchers. The massacre took place in 2007, when the four were working as guards for Blackwater, a private military contractor, on an assignment in Baghdad. They claimed they were fired on, but prosecutors said the Blackwater guards opened fire first. Slatten, whom prosecutors said started the shooting, was sentenced to life in prison.
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