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10 Dec 2008

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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Blackwater USA lawsuit (re 16 Sep 2007 Baghdad incident)

On 16 September 2007, a group of Blackwater USA personnel providing security for a US State Department convoy in Baghdad were involved in a shooting incident in which shots were fired at civilians. As many as 17 Iraqis were killed, and over 10 injured.

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USA: Blackwater guards indicted for 2007 Iraq shootings which resulted in 17 deaths

Blackwater USA lawsuit (re 16 Sep 2007 Baghdad incident)