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“Mr. Slatten, Mr. Slough, Mr. Liberty, and Mr. Heard have a long history of service to the Nation,” the White House said in a statement. “Mr. Slatten was inspired to serve his country after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and served two tours in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division.”
“Mr. Slough served in the United States Army and deployed to Iraq with his National Guard unit. Mr. Liberty served in the United States Marine Corps and protected United States Embassies abroad. Mr. Heard served in the United States Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
Trump’s other pardons include George Papadopoulos, the former campaign aide at the center of the FBI’s investigation into possible collusion with Russia to influence the 2016 election, and former California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who was convicted on a conspiracy charge for stealing campaign funds for personal use.
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Paul Slough, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, and Nicholas Slatten opened fire on a crowd of unarmed people in Nisour Square, Baghdad with grenade launchers, machine guns, and a sniper in what the publication called one of the lowest points in the United States invasion of Iraq. The massacre killed 14 people, including an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old.
Biden previously backed a new prosecution of Slatten after the initial move was thrown out by a federal judge. An aide to Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa Khadimi said that the incoming head of state will definitely face heavy lobbying by Iraqi officials to walk back Trump s decision.
Trump pardons killers & corrupt politicians
President Donald Trump issued pardons to 15 people, including two former Republican congressmen and four mercenaries convicted of slaughtering more a dozen civilians in a 2007 massacre in Iraq.
Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, the mercenaries employed by Blackwater, caused an international uproar over the allocation of government contracts to private armies, American military adventurism and the Bush Republicans’ White House efforts to privatize war.
They were convicted of murder, voluntary manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, and other charges.
Trump pardoned veterans working as contractors for the State Department, who were serving long sentences for murder because they opened fire at a crowd at Baghdad’s Nisoor Square in September 2007.
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