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Ex-Blackwater Operative Sentenced for Afghan Killing

HeadlineJun 15, 2011

A former contractor with the private military firm Blackwater has been sentenced to three years in prison for the 2009 killing of an unarmed civilian in Afghanistan. The contractor, Christopher Drotleff, was convicted along with another former Blackwater operative for the death of Romal Mohammad Naiem in March. The two were previously acquitted for the deaths of two other civilians killed in the attack.

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