The four men had all been working under the private contracting company Blackwater, founded by Erik Prince, a wealthy American defense contractor and supporter of Trump's.
His sister, Betsy DeVos, is the Trump administration's education secretary. The four men were serving as security escorts for the State Department in Iraq in When the four-car convoy approached Nisour Square, the contractors began firing into the crowd for about 20 minutes. In court, the contractors argued they had come under fire in the square; however, evidence suggested that the men didn't face any fire in the shooting but had instead been firing automatic weapons and sending grenades into the crowd of civilians.
Contact Salvador Hernandez at salvador. Hear the story behind iconic image of minister's speech in the sea. International travelers reunite with loved ones as US reopens. What's causing another coronavirus surge in Europe? Migrants caught in border standoff struggle to survive October Seventeen Iraqi civilians, including 9- and year-old boys, were killed when private contractors from the US security firm Blackwater opened fired in Baghdad's Nisour Square in Fourteen of those killings were unjustified under the rules of the use of deadly force by security contractors, according to an FBI investigation.
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