A plane owned by an American company, under contract to the U.S. government, carrying U.S. soldiers crashed in Afghanistan in 2004. The National Transportation Safety Board, a U.S. agency, has blamed the airline for its “failure to require its flight crews to file and fly a defined route,” and for not providing oversight to make sure its crews followed company policies and Pentagon and FAA safety regulations.
The airline, Presidential Airways, is being sued by the widows of the soldiers who died in the crash. The airline argues, that since the crash occurred in Afghanistan, the case should be tried under Shari'a law. The defense is especially interesting since the airways is owned by the infamous Blackwater Group. I suppose one should be grateful that the company finally admits that they are subject to some laws, even though they are not the laws of their country and customer. Why don't they subject the Blackwater people who killed and maimed people in Iraq to the same law?
Talk about sleaze.
Oh, the Charlotte News and Observer, which broke the story, is a McClatchy newspaper.
1 comment:
boy your sure do search out tripe and buy into the big media's attempts to slander those like Blackwater. One would think you are a little sheepish. Considering the continuous list of talking points on your blog I would bet my point is very valid. Damn think for yourself.--Jim
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