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Family members of Blackwater victims condemn Trump s pardons

Family members of Blackwater victims condemn Trump s pardons © Hussein Kadhim/MCT/TNS via Getty Images, FILE A burned-out car sits at a traffic circle in central Baghdad on Sept. 17, 2007, where a shoot-out with private security company Blackwater left 9 Iraqis dead and 15 injured. When news broke that Mohammed Kinani s son’s killers, Blackwater private military contractors hired by the U.S. government in Baghdad, were pardoned Wednesday by President Trump, Kinani said it was like losing his 9-year-old boy all over again. I don t know what I did to Blackwater,” Kinani told ABC News. Did I know Blackwater before? No. Why did this happen to me?

Trump pardons Blackwater guards over Iraq killings

news Trump pardons Blackwater guards over Iraq killings © AFP The 2007 incident in Baghdad s Nisoor Square caused an international outcry US President Donald Trump has pardoned four former Blackwater security guards convicted over their involvement in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard opened fire in Baghdad s Nisoor Square while escorting an American diplomatic convoy. The White House said the pardons were supported by the public and lawmakers. But the father of a boy who died called them indescribable and a rights group said Mr Trump had hit a new low . There was no immediate response from the Iraqi government.

UN criticises Trump s pardons for Blackwater guards jailed over Iraq killings

The UN has sharply criticised President Donald Trump s decision to pardon four former Blackwater contractors jailed over the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians. A cyclist passing by a burnt-out car a few days after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire in the Baghdad neighbourhood on 16 September 2007. Photo: AFP Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard opened fire in Baghdad s Nisoor Square in 2007 while guarding an American diplomatic convoy. The UN Human Rights Office warned that the pardons would serve to embolden others to commit similar crimes. The father of a nine-year boy who died said Trump broke my life again .

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