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    Trump pardon of Blackwater killers sparks outrage in Iraq

    by Nabih Bulos, Chris Megerian and Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Dec 24, 2020 4 minutes

    AMMAN, Jordan — It was around noon in Baghdad on Sept. 16, 2007, when “Raven 23,” a four-SUV convoy and tactical support team for the private military company Blackwater approached Nisour Square.

    Blackwater guards jumped out of the vehicles to stop traffic for a U.S. diplomatic team. At 12:08 p.m., Nicholas Slatten, the team’s sniper, began firing at a white Kia sedan.

    Over the next 20 minutes, the guards used heavy-caliber machine guns and grenades to kill 17 Iraqi civilians — including two children — and wound 17 others. The FBI determined that there was no justification for at least 14 of the killings.

    The massacre spurred a wave of international outrage over a culture of

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