US govt seeks to reopen Blackwater case

Source: AFP

US govt seeks to reopen Blackwater case

(AFP) – 6 hours ago

WASHINGTON — A US appeals court met behind closed doors as the government appealed a judge's decision to clear five former guards with security company Blackwater of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007.

The three appeals court judges agreed to a request from all sides for the hearing into the controversial case to be closed to the public. A ruling is not expected for three months.

Charges against the Blackwater employees were dismissed last year, when a judge ruled US prosecutors violated the guards' rights by using incriminating statements they had made under immunity during a State Department probe.

The ruling outraged the Baghdad government which maintains that 17 people were killed. Twenty people were also wounded.

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