Iraq Calls for Blackwater Trial and Puts Toll at 17 ; WORLD IN BRIEF

Oct 08, 06:11 PM

Current Headlines: AN official Baghdad investigation into the shooting by private US security firm Blackwater of Iraqi civilians raised the death toll to 17 and said those involved should face trial. Blackwater claims the convoy it was guarding came under attack before firing. But Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said it had not been under fire when Blackwater guards shot indiscriminately in a Baghdad square last month..

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