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Closing Arguments Made in Blackwater Nisoor Square Trial

HeadlineAug 28, 2014

Closing arguments have wrapped in the trial of four Blackwater operatives over the 2007 massacre at Baghdad’s Nisoor Square. The suspects are charged for the deaths of 14 of the 17 Iraqi civilians who died when their Blackwater unit indiscriminately opened fire. The case has lagged for years with prosecutors accused of dragging their feet and a lower court’s dismissal of the charges in 2009. The trial featured testimony from witnesses who survived the attack and saw loved ones gunned down. In closing arguments on Wednesday, prosecutors said Blackwater guards had shot fleeing civilians and boasted of taking their lives. Jury deliberations are set to begin next week.

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