Depends on the Definition of Proof
by matt at 1:30 pm on September 22nd, 2007 in Bush Man Date, Depends on the Definition of, Iraq WarIraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. He said the case had been referred to the Iraqi judiciary.
Clearly we’ve ventured outside of he said/she said territory here. But were it not for investigations into unlicensed automatic weapons shipments, and six other shootings, this would be just an isolated incident.
As the old saying goes, ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ And what is operating under exactly zero laws, if not absolute power?
sarabeth wrote:
Is this alleged videotape (that no one outside the Iraqi government has yet seen, presumably) about to mysteriously vanish from the face of the earth?
You be the judge:
If the videotape achieves non-existence, please join me in wondering what price the Iraqis extracted from us (especially given the State Dept.’s complicity in supporting the Blackwater version of events).
Posted 22 Sep 2007 at 5:25 pm ¶