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Jurors' Note Hints At Conviction In Blackwater Case

Jurors Indicate Convictions Coming For Blackwater Killings
Peter Andrew Hart
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Front Page Editor, The Huffington Post

Hair is seen on the bullet riddled and blood stained windscreen of a car of two women allegedly shot dead by private security guards in central Baghdad, 09 October 2007. Foreign security guards killed two women when they opened fire on a car in the centre of the Iraqi capital today, witnesses and Iraqi security officials said. The shooting in Karrada came two days after Iraq vowed to punish US security firm Blackwater after a probe found that its guards were not provoked when they opened 'deliberate' fire in Baghdad three weeks ago, killing 17 Iraqis. It was not clear which security company was involved in today's shooting, which occurred at the Masbar intersection in Karrada, a commercial and residential district which is regarded as one of the most secure in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/ALI YUSSEF (Photo credit should read ALI YUSSEF/AFP/Getty Images)
Hair is seen on the bullet riddled and blood stained windscreen of a car of two women allegedly shot dead by private security guards in central Baghdad, 09 October 2007. Foreign security guards killed two women when they opened fire on a car in the centre of the Iraqi capital today, witnesses and Iraqi security officials said. The shooting in Karrada came two days after Iraq vowed to punish US security firm Blackwater after a probe found that its guards were not provoked when they opened 'deliberate' fire in Baghdad three weeks ago, killing 17 Iraqis. It was not clear which security company was involved in today's shooting, which occurred at the Masbar intersection in Karrada, a commercial and residential district which is regarded as one of the most secure in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/ALI YUSSEF (Photo credit should read ALI YUSSEF/AFP/Getty Images)

Jurors who have for weeks been deliberating in the murder and manslaughter case against four former Blackwater Worldwide security contractors passed a note to the judge on Wednesday that suggested they were leaning toward conviction on at least some counts.

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