Guards seek sanctuary in Utah
Five Blackwater security guards indicted for shooting Iraqi civilians surrendered today in Salt Lake City -- hoping Utah's conservative political leaning and love of guns will mean a sympathetic jury. The five guards, all military veterans, were indicted in Washington, D.C. in connection with a 2007 shooting melee in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqi civilians gunned down and dozens of cars riddled with bullet holes. The legal maneuver is possible because one of the accused is Donald Ball of West Valley. Ball is a decorated Marine, who did three tours of duty in Iraq before returning as a Blackwater guard.
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