August 25, 2006
Blackwater Shot Down in Federal Court
>even though Blackwater was supporting the occupation with its forces, the company is NOT immune from damages or lawsuits
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In a major blow to one of the most infamous war profiteers operating in Iraq, Afghanistan and New Orleans, a federal appeals court has ruled that a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the mercenary firm Blackwater USA can proceed in North Carolina's state courts. The suit was brought by the families of the four Blackwater contractors ambushed and killed in Falluja, Iraq on March 31, 2004. Blackwater had tried to have the same case dismissed or moved to federal court.
story By Jermey Scahill | The Nation via TruthOut
~Remember this? The families of the four dead Blackwater employees (and the people of Fallujah) do.
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Posted by Stubbornson at August 25, 2006 09:26 AM