Trump trawling the files looking for scum to pardon

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Trump pardons Blackwater contractors jailed for massacre of Iraq civilians
Four guards fired on unarmed crowd in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 and sparking outrage over use of private security in war zones

Donald Trump has pardoned four security guards from the private military firm Blackwater who were serving jail sentences for killing 14 civilians including two children in Baghdad in 2007, a massacre that sparked an international outcry over the use of mercenaries in war.

The four guards – Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard and Nicholas Slatten – were part of an armoured convoy that opened fire indiscriminately with machine-guns, grenade launchers and a sniper on a crowd of unarmed people in a square in the Iraqi capital.

The Nisour Square massacre was one of the lowest episodes of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ractors-jailed-for-massacre-of-iraq-civilians

President Virus is an utter disgrace to any decent person.

Details of one of the children murdered by this scum in this thread;

https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...doned-a-POS-who-shot-a-little-boy-in-the-head

 

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'The blood of innocent Iraqis that was spilled in the Nisour Square is red blood that is no different than the blood of Americans'

- Husham al-Husainy, Iraqi-American imam

'No humanity': Trump pardons Blackwater war criminals who massacred Iraqis
Father of nine-year-old victim tells MEE it is difficult to comprehend president's decision, which he said compromises the rule of law in the US

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-blackwater-trump-pardon-war-criminals

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

President Virus is an utter disgrace to any decent person.

Details of one of the children murdered by this scum in this thread;

https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...doned-a-POS-who-shot-a-little-boy-in-the-head

He pardoned another war criminal as well. He calls our honorable veterans "losers" and "suckers," but has yet to meet a war criminal he doesn't love. Fucking pig.

 

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Pardons sink Trump further into swamp of his own shamelessness
Analysis: President sanctions first federal execution of a woman in 67 years – but war criminals, fraudsters and Russia-linked cronies go free

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...p-further-into-swamp-of-his-own-shamelessness

What an appalling counterfeit of a president.

 

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'Our blood is cheaper than water': Iraqis' anger over Trump pardons
Joe Biden to be lobbied to reverse Trump decision to pardon security guards jailed over massacre

Iraqis have reacted with outrage to Donald Trump’s move to pardon four security guards from the security firm Blackwater who had been jailed for a 2007 massacre that sparked an outcry over the use of mercenaries in war.

The four men were part of a security convoy that fired on civilians at a central Baghdad roundabout, killing 14 people including a nine-year old child and wounding many more.

The four guards – Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard and Nicholas Slatten – opened fire indiscriminately with machine guns, grenade launchers and a sniper on a crowd of unarmed people at a roundabout, known as Nisour Square.


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The killings were one of the lowest points of the US-led invasion of Iraq, and the convictions had been seen by many Iraqis as a rare occasion where US citizens had been held to account for atrocities committed during the aftermath. Baghdad residents who spoke to the Guardian described the outgoing US president’s announcement as a “cruel slap” and an insult.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...er-than-water-iraqis-anger-over-trump-pardons

If Biden wants ANY American traction in Iraq whatsoever then he really has no choice.

I didn't know that presidents could reverse pardons though. Is that a fact ?

 

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And so it continues;

Former US spy Jonathan Pollard arrives in Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes ex-US navy analyst who served 30 years in jail for document leaks to Israel

https://www.haaretz.com/

Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst who served three decades in prison for leaking thousands of classified documents to Israel, has arrived in Tel Aviv after being released from parole.

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, greeted Pollard and his wife, Esther, as they walked down the steps from a private jet, footage distributed by the prime minister’s office showed.

The couple, both Orthodox Jews, removed their masks and kissed the ground before greeting Netanyahu.

“We are ecstatic to be home at last after 35 years,” said Pollard, who was born in the US but was granted Israeli citizenship during his imprisonment. “No one could be prouder of this country or this leader than we are.”

Having been arrested by FBI agents in 1985 after unsuccessfully seeking refuge at the Israeli embassy in Washington, Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1987.

Pollard’s release from parole last month was the latest in a series of gestures by the departing Trump administration towards Netanyahu’s government.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/30/former-spy-jonathan-pollard-arrives-in-israel-from-us

 

[Micawber]

Checking their financials first, no doubt.

 

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Trump's Blackwater pardons an affront to justice, say UN experts
Rights experts say pardon of four contractors over Iraq killings undermine humanitarian law

Donald Trump’s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated US obligations under international law, United Nations human rights experts have said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-pardons-an-affront-to-justice-say-un-experts

There is NO fucking Divine Right of Presidents.