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Biden vows the US will appeal in Iraq Blackwater case

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BBC NEWS
Page last updated at 17:07 GMT, Saturday, 23 January 2010

US Vice-President Joe Biden says the US government will appeal against a court ruling dismissing manslaughter charges in the Blackwater shootings case.
Mr Biden was speaking after meeting Iraqi politicians in Baghdad.
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BBC News - Biden vows the US will appeal in Iraq Blackwater case

It looks like Joe is in favor of de faco double jeopardy.

I wonder if he cleared these statements with headquarters, or if he's "wandered off the reservation" again?
 
Good call Biden. Mercenaries should be tried in an Iraqi court, however.
 
Arch Enemy said:
Good call Biden. Mercenaries should be tried in an Iraqi court, however.
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Not if they have already been tried and acquitted.

Unless they can find new charges based on new evidence, he can spout all he wants and it will mean little.
 
Bloviatin' Joe was wrong on every foreign issue for as long as he was in Congress. Kinda nice to see he hasn't lost his touch.
 
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Arch Enemy said:
Good call Biden. Mercenaries should be tried in an Iraqi court, however.
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Unless those security personnel are Mexicans,Canadians or some other nationality then they are not mercenaries seeing how a mercenary is a soldier who is hired for the services of a foreign military/army. Last I checked Blackwater's services are being paid for by American tax money therefore working for the US government.
 
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