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2007-09-23 Iraq

Iraq: Blackwater guards fired unprovoked - Claim they have video

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Posted by gorb 2007-09-23 06:03|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 So, a faction in Kurdish Iraq working with a faction in Iran? Maybe the predominantly-Kurdish populated portion Iran? Anyone smell a whiff of defacto border redrawing in the future?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2007-09-23 09:04|| 2007-09-23 09:04|| Front Page Top

#2 From AP this morning:

"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the man, who he identified as "Mr. Farhadi," was in charge of border transactions in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah and went to Iraq on an official invitation. He said Iran expects the Iraqi government to provide security for Iranian nationals there."

It may even be true - I would not be surprised if someone in the Iraq government extended 'official' invitation to Iranian arms smugglers.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-09-23 09:53|| 2007-09-23 09:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Re. the videotape - I want to know it actually looks like standard footage shot from standard locations at the police HQ (some kind of security cameras or such.) If it was focussed ON the Blackwater guys in time to show they were NOT responding to fire, I would have to suspect it was part of the standard AQ MO of filming ambushes for propaganda releases, with the ambush edited out.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-09-23 09:57|| 2007-09-23 09:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Wouldn't be surprised if Blackwater had its own videos.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-09-23 10:19|| 2007-09-23 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Security cameras usually aren't wired for sound. So somebody could have taken a popshot from off camera, and all you would see is the BW guys responding.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2007-09-23 13:30|| 2007-09-23 13:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Since the National Police has been singled out for disbanding (infiltrated by JAM), it wouldn't surprise me if there was a provocation planned vs. the US.

Maybe they wanted an ambush followed by a "rescue" by the National Police. Of course they didn't count on the marksmanship of the Blackwater bodyguards.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-09-23 13:38|| 2007-09-23 13:38|| Front Page Top

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