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September 9, 2009

Prosecutors: Blackwater Suspect Saw Killing Iraqis as 9/11 Revenge
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The Justice Department has submitted a new court filing alleging five
Blackwater operatives had preexisting hostilities to Iraqis before
killing seventeen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square two years
ago. The five contractors are being prosecuted for the attack, which
also wounded another twenty Iraqis. In court documents submitted Monday,
the Justice Department says one of the accused operatives regularly
bragged about killing Iraqis, which he viewed as “payback for 9/11.” The
defendant, Nicholas Slatten, was also said to have deliberately opened
fire to instigate gun battles on prior occasions.



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