President Trump’s pardon of the Four on Tuesday reopened many of those disputes. One man was shot in the chest while he raised his arms in the air, U.S. federal prosecutors said. The victims’ families finally saw some measure of justice” when the four men were convicted in 2014. Iraqi leaders were already angry that the Bush administration had denied them the opportunity to try the Blackwater contractors. The diplomat in question, with a separate convoy of guards, was not near Nisour Square.

Source: Washington Post December 24, 2020 02:18 UTC