Court Cases Against Xe

Saadoon Vs Xe

• Blackwater contractor Andrew Moonen on 2006-12-24 shot and killed Raheem Khalaf Sa'adoon, 32, father of two who worked as a security guard for Iraqi Vice-President Adel Abdul Mahdi.
• Total Dead: 1
• Filed 2009-03-19
• Judge: Thomas J. Whelan
• Current status:
  • Moonen to respond by 2009-05-01
  • Blackwater-Xe to respond by 2009-06-02

Al Rassaq Vs Xe

• Shooting of 15 victims at Nisour Square Massacre on Sept. 16, 2007
• Total Dead: 17, and with 15 plaintiffs, some of whom were not killed.
• Filed 2009-03-26.
• Judge: Larry Alan Burns
• Current status:
  • Blackwater-Xe to respond by 2009-06-02.
• See Also: Nisour Square Massacre

Jarallah Vs Xe

• This case relates to 53-year old school teacher at the technical institution in the City of Al Amara, Maysan province. He was visiting Bagdad, on behalf of his institution, when he was killed by Xe-Blackwater shooters near Al Watahba Square on September 9, 2007.
• Filed 2009-03-27
• Total Dead: 1
• Judge: Marilyn L. Huff
• Current status:
  • Blackwater-Xe to respond by 2009-06-02.

Hassoon Vs Xe

• This case relates to Sabah Salman Hassoon and two others who were shot by Xe-Blackwater on February 7, 2007 as they worked as security guards at the rear gate of the Iraqi Media Network compound in central Baghdad. Approximately twenty Xe-Blackwater employees witnessed the crimes but Blackwater-Xe did nothing to report the shootings.
• Filed 2009-04-01.
• Total Dead: 3
• Judge: M. James Lorenz
• Current status:
  • Blackwater-Xe to respond by 2009-06-02.

Blackwater Vs City Of San Diego

• This case relates to the opening of Blackwater Otay
• Judge: Marilyn L. Huff
• Current status:
  • Blackwater got their occupancy permit, forced by a restraining order.
  • City Attorney Mike Aguirre appealed, but he was not successful in his re-election bid.

Cases by Blackwater contractors aboard MCARTHUR:

• (M789) 2009 Rosemount HS grad is keeping the seas safe -- Nathan Hansen, Rosemount Town Pages, News coverage that prompted the firing of Chris Waugaman, slapping him in irons, and eventually his lawsuit against Blackwater.
• (M788) 2009-05-14 Sailors on Blackwater anti-piracy ship claim harrassment -- Bill Sizemore, Virginian Pilot, Includes lawsuit complaints.