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July 16, 2014

Blackwater Guards Testify Against Former Colleagues at Nisoor Massacre Trial 
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The trial of four former Blackwater guards accused of massacring 17
Iraqi civilians at Baghdad's Nisoor Square is continuing this week with
former employees offering an inside account of the killings. One witness
described how one of his colleagues shot an unarmed Iraqi who was
holding his hands up in an apparent gesture of surrender. Another said
he saw people hiding in their cars, trying to shield their children,
while a third recalled waving to Iraqis, telling them to duck down as
his own colleagues showered the area with bullets. The trial for the
2007 massacre began last month after years of delay. The private
security firm Blackwater has undergone several renaming and rebranding
attempts, most recently merging with former competitor Triple Canopy
under the name Constellis Holdings.

 

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