US contractor protecting diplomats in Iraq killed

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Source: Associated Press

RIVERVIEW, Mich. – A U.S. veteran who returned to Iraq as a civilian contractor was shot to death while protecting American diplomats in Iraq, his employer said Sunday.

Justin Pope, 25, died after being shot late Wednesday or early Thursday in Kirkuk, said Douglas Ebner, a spokesman for Falls Church, Va.-based DynCorp International.

Detroit-area television station WJBK reported Saturday that Pope was killed by sniper fire. Ebner denied that, saying Pope died of "an accidental gunshot wound." He would not elaborate, saying the incident was under investigation by DynCorp and the U.S. State Department.


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Hmmm.... "An accidental gunshot wound"?

[acmavm]

1. My, this guy sure liked being in a war zone, didn't he. I don't know

about his death, but his life sounds pretty screwed up.

[atreides1]

2. Not screwed up.

Probably came back got out and couldn't find a job!

So, he fell back on the one thing he knew he was good at and would be paid well for.

[acmavm]

3. Yes, VERY screwed up. He was out from under, he wasn't being

required to kill any more people who never did rat fuck to this country. I have a lot of sympathy for our troops, being where they don't want to be, doing what a lot of them don't want to do.

Not this guy. No pity for those who do it intentionally. There's no difference between this guy and any other Blackwater thug. He just was the one who got killed, not kid's brother or father.