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October 23, 2014

4 Blackwater Operatives Found Guilty in Nisoor Massacre 
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A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against four Blackwater
operatives involved in the 2007 massacre of 17 Iraqi civilians in
Baghdad’s Nisoor Square. Nicholas Slatten was found guilty of
first-degree murder, while three other guards were convicted of
voluntary manslaughter. We'll have more on the Blackwater trial with
Jeremy Scahill later in the broadcast.

 

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