Defense lawyers are vowing to appeal the convictions of four former Blackwater security guards after a federal judge handed down lengthy prison terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury returned guilty verdicts for all four former Blackwater security guards charged in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad. The jury in Washington found Nicholas Slatten guilty of first-degree murder, and ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Blackwater security guards accused the government on Monday of suppressing evidence favorable to defendants who are on trial in the killings of 14 Iraqis in Nisoor Square in Baghdad. The attorneys say the suppressed evidence ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A State Department investigator warned that contractors for Blackwater Worldwide saw themselves as above the law and that the contractors, rather than department officials, were in command, according to a memo disclosed Monday. The warning to State ...

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Lawyers for a former Blackwater Worldwide security contractor charged in a deadly shooting in Baghdad are asking a judge to dismiss the indictment against him.

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Prosecutors are seeking dismissal of charges against a former Blackwater Worldwide security contractor accused in a 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians.

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A judge on Tuesday gave federal prosecutors until next month to present a new indictment against former Blackwater Worldwide security contractors accused in a 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians.

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Lawyers for one of five security contractors charged in a deadly shooting in Baghdad are asking a judge to rule soon on his status in the case.

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The federal prosecution of five former employees of the private security firm Blackwater has collapsed after the defendants said they were acting at the direction of the CIA by providing five automatic rifles as gifts to King Abdullah of Jordan.

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By PAUL THARP, Staff Writer [email protected]   A suit against the Moyock-based security firm formerly known as Blackwater returned to Wake County last week after Judge Terrence Boyle remanded the case from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ...

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