Iraq shocked as judge drops Blackwater charges
Iraq shocked as judge drops Blackwater charges - "so many innocent Iraqi people - young, students - were shot by someone who liked to shoot unarmed people." The Guardian: Iraq May Prosecute Blackwater After Feds Fail. NYT: "Why do they have the right to kill people? Is our blood so cheap?" asks a man who was shot in the hand by Blackwater. WPA: The latest UN findings on Iraq provide a devastating picture of torture, escalating civilian deaths and lawlessness that represents a damning indictment of US-led occupation. Three years after the illegal invasion, the violent activities of the US military and its allies in suppressing any opposition have been supplemented by a spiralling sectarian civil war. The Peninsula: Iraq won’t let Blackwater go scot-free.