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The 2007 Nisour Square massacre resulted in 17 civilian deaths in Baghdad, Iraq. So what was this incident about, and who was responsible for these deaths?
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From Errand to Fatal Shot to Hail of Fire to 17 Death
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/wor…
“It started out as a family errand: Ahmed Haithem Ahmed was driving his mother, Mohassin, to pick up his father from the hospital where he worked as a pathologist. As they approached Nisour Square at midday on Sept. 16, they did not know that a bomb had gone off nearby or that a convoy of four armored vehicles carrying Blackwater guards armed with automatic rifles was approaching.”
Baghdad Blackwater shooting verdict
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/…
“U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the District presided over a 10-week trial of four former Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqis and injuring 17 others in one of the most controversial episodes of the Iraq war, a botched security operation in Baghdad’s Nisour Square on Sept. 16, 2007.”
Former Blackwater guards sentenced for Nisour Square shooting
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles…
“A U.S. judge on Monday handed down lengthy prison terms to four former Blackwater guards convicted in the 2007 massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqis, potentially closing a chapter of the U.S. war in Iraq that tested relations between the two countries.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUyZB…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulb5R…
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