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Blackwater guards convicted in 2007 Baghdad shootingPublished time: October 22, 2014 16:15Edited time: October 22, 2014 17:39

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A Washington, DC jury has convicted one former Blackwater guard of murder

and three more from the private military company of voluntary manslaughter

in connection with infamous 2007 shooting in Baghdad that left 14 civilians

dead and 17 others injured.

The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for 27 days beforeconvicting Nicholas A. Slatten, of Sparta, Tennessee., of first-degree murder. The panel also convicted Paul A. Slough of

Keller, Texas of 13 counts of manslaughter and 16 counts of attempted manslaughter; Evan S. Liberty of Rochester, New

Hampshire of eight counts of manslaughter and 12 counts of attempted manslaughter; and Dustin L. Heard of Knoxville,

Tenn. of six counts of manslaughter and 11 counts of attempted manslaughter, the Washington Post reported. Slough,

Liberty and Heard were also convicted of using military firearms while committing a felony.

Members of US private security company, Blackwater. (AFP Photo/Antonio Scorza)
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The jurors are still deliberating on more charges, as US District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth allowed the jury to

announce only those verdicts they had agreed upon so far, the Associated Press noted.

The four former Blackwater Worldwide employees faced a combined 33 counts of federal homicide and firearm charges

for the firing machine guns and grenades into a Baghdad traffic circle. They have been found guilty on at least some of the

charges, according to the Post.

David Schertler, who represents Heard, called the verdict incomprehensible.

Former Blackwater Worldwide security guards Donald Ball (2nd L) and Dustin Heard (R) leave the federal courthouse

with their legal team after being arraigned (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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The verdict is wrong,he said. Were devastated. Were going to fight this every step of the way,according to the Post.

During the 10-week trial, federal prosecutors arguedthat the defendants opened fire without provocation, firing wildly into

the crowded area because they harbored deep-rooted hostility towards Iraqis. The government also claimed the guards

later boasted of their indiscriminate shooting.

The 2007 shooting, which happened at Nisur Square in Baghdad, scandalized the Iraqi public and raised tensions with theUS four years into the Iraq war. The guards were accompanying a State Department convoy through the streets of

Baghdad when they opened fire at a traffic roundabout. The Blackwater troops reportedly faced no provocation, yet they

opened fire on a mother and her son in a white Kia vehicle and then continued to fire indiscriminately.
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The men, who were formerly employed by the Blackwater private security company that policed US diplomatic locations in

Iraq, claimed their lives were in danger and they acted in self-defense. However, Assistant US Attorney Patrick Martin said

during the trial that some of the victims were simply trying to escape the gunfire of the Blackwater guards.

Martin showed graphic photos of the incident and videos of the scene in the Iraqi capital to the court. He said that the

guards who opened fire had shown no remorse for their actions, and bragged about their exploits once they were back at

base camp. One was "high-fiving and slapping people on back as if he had just won a big football game,"Martin told the

ury.

In July, defense lawyers claimed the US government suppressed evidencethat could aid the defendants. They said that

photographs of eight empty shell casings for an AK-47, used by both insurgents and Iraqi security forces, taken by a US

Army captain were only supplied by federal prosecutors long after the trial began.

"The government has suppressed, for seven years, evidence in its possession that is plainly exculpatory on the central

disputed issue"in the case, defense lawyers argued in a court filing, according to AP.

"Had they possessed these photos, defendants would have made them a central focus during opening statements as

evidence of incoming fire. Defendants also would have used this evidence to cross-examine at least four witnesses who

A man who was wounded in a shooting attack by the security guards of Blackwater firm on Sunday, is helped by his

relatives in a hospital in Baghdad (Reuters//Ceerwan Aziz)
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have already testified"and who are not liable for a recall to testify, as they have returned to Iraq.
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Defense lawyers pressed their argument that other Blackwater guardsnot Slatten

fired the first shots at a stopped

white Kia sedan, and that they did so only after the vehicle moved slowly toward the convoy, posing what appeared to be a

threat to the Blackwater guards' safety, AP reported.

Prosecutors said that, from a vantage point inside his convoy's command vehicle, Slatten aimed his SR-25 sniper rifle

through a gun portal, killing the driver, Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia'y.

One of the government witnesses in the case, Blackwater guard Jeremy Ridgeway, pleaded guilty to killing the driver'smother, who died in the passenger seat of the car next to her son.

The maximum sentence for conviction of first-degree murder is life imprisonment. The gun charges carry mandatory

minimum prison terms of 30 years. The maximum prison term for involuntary manslaughter is eight years; for attempted

manslaughter it is seven years.

Former Blackwater Worldwide security guard Nick Slatten (C) and attorneys after he was arraigned (Reuters/Jonathan

Ernst/Files)

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hardcore sean

attempted manslaughter? how can you attempt to accidently kill someone?

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Suzanne Majo De Kuyper

They tried to provoke a blood bath. Created masacres instead.

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Suzanne Majo De Kuyper

February 2014, 400 Blackwater troops filled Kiev and Odessa

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Blackwater after three name changes due to being criminally accused over and over, had a 400 man assassination team in Kiev, Ukraine

in February, 2014, later in Odessa, Ukraine, coinciding with the Kiev massacre and the the Odessa massacre. Well over one thousand
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Blackwater assissins fill Ukraine now in October 2014

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Jack Oliver

As if they have any compassion for Iraqi's - They 'shock and awed' them to pieces ! What about 'Fallujah' ?? If you think this is anything

but a cheap 'publicity stunt' - you are off you rocker !

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Jack Oliver

Another 'dog and pony' show - considering the 'Boston' bombings involved 'Blackwater' and a couple of 'actors' - why would you believe

anything the US Government says - over all this BS and the 'fake' justice !

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Sandra Voos

they should get 8 years of figthing agains ISIS these people seem to be the right ones drop them in damascus and if they make it to

kobane each with at least 30 ISIS rings will be free :)

Its cheep, efectiv and they have a chance to give something back to humanity
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CityGr

Actually, they will be well treated in Federal Prison. Not, that it's a picnic, but they'll get the Best Medical Care available, including

Dental. They will get respect from their fellow inmates, because of the heinous crimes they committed. Federal Prison is NOT like going

to a State Prison. Totally opposites. Anyhow, I hope they never see outside the prison Walls for the rest of their lives. Brutal Killers that

they are. I wonder why they were not tried for "Crimes against Humanity" Convicted and Hung or Shot by Firing Squad??

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tony p

They will also get problems in the shower picking up the soap.

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Tom Arnall

"The maximum prison term for involuntary manslaughter is eight years."

the New York Times story says >voluntary manslaughter. if any of those people are out of prison after eight years, the U.S. will only addto its credibility problem because the case is getting such huge publicity.
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