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Iraqis Injured in Shooting from Private Guards

HeadlineOct 19, 2007

In Iraq, three civilians have been wounded in a shooting from a British private security firm. Guards with Erinys International are said to have opened fire on a crowded taxi. It was the third known shooting of Iraqi civilians by a private company in the past month, beginning with Blackwater’s killing of 17 people in Baghdad.

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