Sunday, November 22, 2009

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP)

FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwides headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
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