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Blackwater Contractors Convicted for Killing Iraqi Civilians in 2007
Four former Blackwater security contractors have been convicted for the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqis, including women and children, in Baghdad in 2007. The contractors were serving time alongside other Blackwater employees convicted of killing 17 Iraqi civilians in the same year.
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Four ex-Blackwater security contractors were convicted for the killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007.
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Summary
Four ex-Blackwater security contractors were convicted for the killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007. The contractors claimed they were responding to insurgent threats during a time when there were an average of 180 daily engagements.