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Created Sat 15th Nov 2008 4:19pm PST by nadine_dr_computer
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Will the Blackwater guards from the 9-17-2007 murder of 17 Iraqi's be indicted before Nov 30 '08?

Settled as No

No indictments have yet been handed down

Background:

the US Justice Department appears to be on the verge of handing down the first indictments against armed private forces for crimes committed in Iraq. The reported targets of the "draft" indictments: six Blackwater operatives involved in the September 16, 2007, killing of seventeen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square.
for more info http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081201/scahill


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled as No on Sun 30th Nov 2008 9:10am PST

Suspend date: Sat 29th Nov 2008 7:59pm PST Settlement date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 9:10am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sat 29th Nov 2008 7:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 40%

Action history:

Created Sat 15th Nov 2008 4:19pm PST by nadine_dr_computer
Changed Description Sat 15th Nov 2008 5:37pm PST by infernalmachine[Admin]
Changed Description Sat 29th Nov 2008 7:07pm PST by destry[Admin]
Suspended Sat 29th Nov 2008 7:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Sun 30th Nov 2008 5:06am PST by rbrog77: It hasn't happened, and according to this it was never expected to.

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have drafted an indictment against six Blackwater Worldwide security guards in last year's deadly Baghdad shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned.

The draft is being reviewed by senior Justice Department officials but no charging decisions have been made. A decision is not expected until at least later this month, people close to the case said.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,452224,00.html

Did a search and the results are here.

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=blackwater+guards+indicted&FORM=MSNH11
Settlement requested Sun 30th Nov 2008 7:51am PST by crowe: no guards were indicted. Please settle market as no.
Settled as 'No' Sun 30th Nov 2008 9:10am PST by ryanj[Admin]: No indictments have yet been handed down

Suspend date: Sat 29th Nov 2008 7:59pm PST Settlement date: Sun 30th Nov 2008 9:10am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sat 29th Nov 2008 7:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Comments (2)

  1 neuronexmachina
Isn't the title potentially somewhat inaccurate? People were killed, but it's not clear that it was murder:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Baghdad_shootings
posted 7 weeks ago
  2 capecodviking
The wikipedia page cited by neuronexmachina has, "The US State Department has said that "innocent life was lost" while U.S. military reports indicate Blackwater's guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force." Therefore, if we don't call this crime murder, then we are splitting legalistic hairs. I have to admit that if Blackwater is indicted before the suspend date, the indictment will probably not use the word "murder." But in the context of major mainstream news media, "murder" could actually be used. I hope that somehow Blackwater is brought to justice, but it doesn't seem likely during this administration.
posted 7 weeks ago

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