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Blackwater Accused of Shooting Iraqi in Hilla

HeadlineSep 19, 2007

Meanwhile, Blackwater is now being accused of another fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian. An Iraqi engineer living in Britain has revealed Blackwater guards shot his 75-year-old father in the southern Iraqi town of Hilla last month. Safaa Rabee says his father had pulled over to the side of the road to let a Blackwater convoy pass. But Rabee says the last vehicle in the convoy opened fire when his father pulled back onto the road. An Iraqi police chief told Rabee he has no legal recourse to pursue his father’s killers.

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