The Blackwater pardons
The names of the 14 Iraqi civilians, incl. 9-year old Ali, who were killed at Nisour Square (on September 16, 2007} by the Blackwater guards (private contractors,) just pardoned by United States President Trump. Perhaps they should be remembered as well as those accused of their killings?
A reminder also that a war, even a just war (if such a thing exists) will kill anyone old enough to die.
They are:
Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia’y,
Mahassin Mohssen Kadhum Al-Khazali,
Osama Fadhil Abbas,
Ali Mohammed Hafedh Abdul Razzaq,
Mohamed Abbas Mahmoud,
Qasim Mohamed Abbas Mahmoud,
Sa’adi Ali Abbas Alkarkh,
Mushtaq Karim Abd Al-Razzaq,
Ghaniyah Hassan Ali, Ibrahim Abid Ayash,
Hamoud Sa’eed Abttan,
Mahdi Sahib Nasir,
Ali Khalil Abdul Hussein.
A picture of Ali linked to this posting
My source or this data is the Iraq Body Count Project run by a personal friend Lily Hamourtziadou , a lecturer at Birmingham City University in the UK.