Justice at last? Private US security guards who killed 17 Iraqi civilians in aftermath of Baghdad bombing face new charges - Middle East - World - The Independent:"The shooting, which took place on 16 September 2007 and left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, provoked international outcry, inflamed anti-US sentiment in Iraq and gave rise to concerns about the use of private contractors by American armed forces operating abroad. Blackwater Worldwide has since renamed itself twice, first as XE Services and then as Academi. An FBI investigation of the incident found that, of the 17 Iraqis killed, at least 14 were without cause.
The defendants – 34-year-old Paul Slough, 29-year-old Nicholas Slatten, 31-year-old Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, 32 – were part of a Blackwater contingent contracted to protect US State Department officials in the country. On the day of the shooting, their convoy was among a group of Blackwater teams responding to a bombing in Baghdad. Its mandate: to help secure an evacuation route."
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