The judge in the trial of the Blackwater employees who shot 17 Iraqis has dismissed all charges against the defendants on the grounds that they had been told that what they said in their initial interviews would not be used against them, but this has nevertheless been included in the prosecution's evidence. Notwithstanding that one of the defendants pleaded guilty and was to testify against his former colleagues, and that there are other witnesses prepared to give similar evidence. So, the Blackwater guys are guilty but they get off on a technicality. Another example of 'the Law' not providing justice, which will lead to disillusionment and to other people taking the law into their own hands. And it won't hurt Al Qaeda's recruitment activities.
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