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Former Blackwater guard sentenced to 3 Years for killing of Afghan civilian:

He and a colleague, Justin Cannon, who is to be sentenced later this month, were convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter. Ref. Source 6

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Ex-Blackwater Guard Indicted on Murder Charge:

A former Blackwater Worldwide security guard accused of taking part in a 2007 shooting of Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle has been indicted on a new first-degree murder charge as the case moves closer toward trial, prosecutors said Ref. Source 9

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"Blackwater contractors saw themselves as above the law":

In 2007, the State Department began investigating the security contractor's operations in Iraq. But the inquiry was abandoned after Blackwater's top manager there issued a threat: "That he could kill" The government's chief investigator Ref. Source 3

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'Kill as many of them as possible'

FOUR private security guards armed who thought they were 'above the law' killed innocent civilians in a terrifying hail of gunfire. Ref. Source 3

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450 Colombian Mercenaries Sent by UAE to Fight Houthis in Yemen:

Some 1,800 Latin American former soldiers are being trained somewhere in the desert of United Arab Emirates as part of an operation set up by Blackwater Worldwide. Ref. Source 2d

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Yemeni forces kill Blackwater commander 'Colonel Nicholas Petros':

The commander of the infamous US security firm, formerly known as Blackwater, in Yemen and dozens of Riyadh's mercenaries were killed Saturday in a missile attack by Yemeni forces in Lahij Province. Ref. Source 6p.