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Unanswered Questions in Blackwater Killings Persist

April 6, 2009 - 12:30 am - by Bob Owens
Federale
2009-04-06 14:46:37

Blackwater guards are only armed with US weapons by DOS requirements, as they must be interchangeable with DSS weapons and training. Blackwater had only M4s and M60s. It should be easy to tell if a bullet was 5.56 and manufactured in the USA or NATO country. Also, the M60 fires the only 7.62 x 51 round and bullets from that should be easy to identify. You cannot confuse that with 7.62 x 39 or 7.62 x 54 either by size, manufacture or metallurgy. I don’t think that any of the Blackwater guards were using an M60. They all had M4s. So, that mystery 7.62 x ? round is most likely evidence that there was a real firefight. The DSS report should have been evidence enough. I see an aquital in the future.