Democracy Now! has learned the private military firm Blackwater USA is being sued in U.S. courts today over last month’s shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad. The Center for Constitutional Rights is filing a lawsuit under the Alien Tort Claims Act on behalf of the families of three of the Iraqis killed as well as another Iraqi who was injured.
Blackwater Sued by Family Members of Slain Iraqis
HeadlineOct 11, 2007