“We learned a long time ago that there would be no accountability,” said Ali Hassan, a computer engineer from Baghdad. Three others — Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard — were sentenced to between 12 and 15 years on manslaughter charges. Four former Blackwater security guards, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough, were sentenced in the 2007 massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqis. Among the dead was a young medical student, Ahmed Haithem Ahmed al-Rubiay, and his mother, Mahassin Mohssen Kadhum al-Khazali. Slatten, Slough, Liberty and Heard were not prosecuted until 2014, after dozens of Iraqis had flown to the United States to testify.

Source: Washington Post December 23, 2020 14:47 UTC