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December 20, 2018

Blackwater Guard Found Guilty of Murder in 2007 Nisoor Sq. Massacre
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In Washington, D.C., former Blackwater contractor Nicholas Slatten was
found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for his role in the 2007
Nisoor Square massacre in central Baghdad. On September 16, 2007,
Blackwater contractors killed 17 civilians after opening fire with
machine guns and grenades on a crowded public space. Slatten was
convicted of killing 19-year-old Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia'y, an
aspiring doctor. Slatten had previously been found guilty in 2014, but
the verdict was thrown out on appeal least year. Three other Blackwater
guards charged in the case are awaiting resentencing after their 30-year
sentences were vacated.


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