TRUMP PARDONS BLACKWATER CONTRACTORS CONVICTED OF MASSACRE IN IRAQ
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23.12.2020


Euronews (23 December 2020)

 

Donald Trump has caused further outrage in the dying days of his presidency by granting pardons to four former government contractors who were convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.

The Blackwater guards were all serving lengthy prison sentences for their part in the massacre, in which more than a dozen Iraqi civilians were killed. The incident caused international uproar over the use of private security guards in a war zone.

Fourteen Iraqi civilians were killed and 17 others wounded.

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