Where do I go when I need Blackwater news? To my go-to guy, Jeremy Scahill. Here are the basics, but go to Jeremy's house for the full story:
Two former Blackwater operatives were arrested by US federal agents on murder charges, stemming from their alleged involvement in the shooting deaths of two Afghan civilians in Kabul in May. They have been identified as Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va. They have been charged with “crimes including second-degree murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses while working as contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan,” according to the Justice Department. The 13-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on Jan. 6 and unsealed today.
Only two of them? Dare I say it? Baby steps.
Okay, that was an odd juxtaposition of terms.
Now, there are many layers to this story, not the least of which is yet another allegation of Blackwater-affiliated personnel drinking and killing in a foreign war zone.
Those crazy, wacky frat boys. They just frolic a tad too hard, huh?
Isn't it spiffy how the State Department keeps giving the Blackwater boys their little zillion dollar allowance so they can keep romping and drinking and using lethal weapons against civilians and such? We're such a forgiving nation.
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