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Blackwater Guards Indicted for 2007 Baghdad Civilian Killings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 360 - 362
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2009

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7 U.S. Dep’t of Justice News Release No. 08–1068, Five Blackwater Employees Indicted on Manslaughter and Weapons Charges for Fatal Nisur Square Shooting in Iraq—a Sixth Blackwater Employee Pleads Guilty for His Role in the Shooting (Dec. 8, 2008), at <http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/December/08-nsd-1068.html>. The news release includes links to the indictment and other documents in the case. For the transcript of a press conference by Justice Department officials discussing the indictment, see Dep’t of Justice News Release No. 08–1070, Transcript of Blackwater Press Conference (Dec. 8, 2008), at <http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/December/08-nsd-1070.html>.

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