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Suits against Blackwater keep on rolling in

By Richard Binder

Following quickly on the heels of an earlier lawsuit, the former Blackwater is again accused of random murder and coverup.

According to a lawsuit filed today in California federal court, three security guards for the state-owned and operated Iraqi Media Network were allegedly shot to death by Blackwater personnel who have evaded responsibility for the unprovoked killings.

The lawsuit names several Blackwater-related defendants - now operating as Xe and other names under the control of chairman Erik Prince - including The Prince Group, Falcon, Blackwater Armor and Targets, Greystone Limited, Total Intelligence Solutions, EP Investments, Raven Development Group, and U.S. Training Center West, of San Diego.

The plaintiffs are the estates, including widows and children, of Sabah Salman Hassoon, a 38-year-old married father of three; Azhar Abdullah Ali, a 33-year-old married father of three; and Nibrass Mohammed Dawood, a 25-year-old. All were residents of Baghdad. 

The families are represented by attorneys Susan L. Burke and William T. O'Neil, of Burke O'Neil LLC, of Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville, Va., and Joseph L. Oliva and Michael S. Faircloth, of Oliva & Associates ALC, of San Diego.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).