Blackwater radio logs: Took incoming fire
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:37 am
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Blackwater radio logs: Took incoming fire
By Matt Apuzzo and Lara Jakes - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Dec 18, 2008 15:46:31 EST
WASHINGTON — Radio logs from a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad contradict U.S. government claims that Blackwater Worldwide security guards were unprovoked when they killed 14 Iraqi civilians.
Five guards face manslaughter and weapons charges for their roles in the shootings. A sixth has pleaded guilty. Prosecutors said the men unleashed a gruesome attack on unarmed Iraqis, including women, children and people trying to escape.
But Blackwater communication logs from the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting suggest otherwise. The logs, turned over to prosecutors, describe a hectic eight minutes in which the guards repeatedly reported incoming gunfire from insurgents and Iraqi police. Copies of the documents were obtained by the Associated Press.
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