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DynCorp Guard Shoots Dead Iraqi Taxi Driver

HeadlineNov 12, 2007

Another U.S. private military company is being accused of killing an innocent Iraqi civilian. On Saturday, a guard from DynCorp International reportedly shot and killed an Iraqi taxi driver in Baghdad. Three witnesses told The New York Times that the taxi had posed no threat. A spokesperson for the Iraqi Interior Ministry said, “They just killed a man and drove away.”

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