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Iraq Will Sue Blackwater Guards

Dismissal of manslaughter charges leaves Baghdad irate

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 1, 2010 4:27 PM CST

(Newser) – Outraged by an American judge's dismissal of manslaughter charges against five security contractors accused of massacring 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007, Iraq plans to sue the former Blackwater Worldwide security guards. "We were expecting that American justice system is fair and independent," an... Read full story »

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