Shooting Iraqi Civilians For Sport - WHISTLEBLOWERS Fired
-- by Dave Johnson
Mercinaries, Halliburton-subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root, shooting at civilians for fun, whistleblowers fired for reporting it.
In other words, the usual.
Did American fire on Iraqis for sport?
"There's been no follow-up whatsoever by any government agencies," says Schmidt.
And its not just this incident. Despite similar allegations involving other companies, not a single security contractor in Iraq has yet faced charges for attacking civilians.
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"He'd made a comment that he was going to kill somebody today," says Schmidt. "Kill someone."
The two men say they thought he was joking.
They claim the man first fired seven or eight rounds into a white truck positioned about 100 yards behind them.
"He cracked his door," alleges Schmidt, "put a foot out, and fired seven or eight rounds into a parked, white moving truck that was to our rear."
Later on that day, on the next leg of the mission, according to Shepard, the shift leader then said: "I've never shot anybody with my pistol before."
Shepard says the shift leader "immediately turns, opens the door, and fires seven to eight rounds into a taxi cab that we're overtaking, that we're passing."
The men claim the taxi rolled off the road, but that they are not sure if anyone was killed.
"I know that he shot at innocent civilians," says Shepard. "I know that we're trained very well on our marksmanship."
Whistle-blowers fired
But Shepard and Schmidt acknowledge they waited almost two days, by which time their supervisor left Iraq, to report the incidents to their company, Triple Canopy.
The men were fired, along with their supervisor, who has denied wrongdoing, according to the company.
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