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January 25, 2010

US to Appeal Blackwater Ruling
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The Obama administration plans to appeal the dismissal of manslaughter
charges against five Blackwater operatives involved in the killing of
seventeen Iraqi civilians in Nisoor Square. Vice President Joseph Biden
announced the decision during a trip to Iraq.

Vice President Joseph Biden: “A dismissal, I want to make clear, is not
an acquittal. And today I’m announcing that the United States government
will appeal this decision. Our Justice Department will file that appeal
from the judge’s decision next week.”



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