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June 15, 2011

Ex-Blackwater Operative Sentenced for Afghan Killing 
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A former contractor with the private military firm Blackwater has been
sentenced to three years in prison for the 2009 killing of an unarmed
civilian in Afghanistan. The contractor, Christopher Drotleff, was
convicted along with another former Blackwater operative for the death
of Romal Mohammad Naiem in March. The two were previously acquitted for
the deaths of two other civilians killed in the attack.



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