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Xe - Blackwater Faces New Claims Over Civilian Shootings in Iraq, According to U.S. Legal Team for Iraqi Families
April 19th, 2009
A group of injured civilians and families of Iraqis killed in two unprovoked shootings in Baghdad by Blackwater "shooters" sued the company and founder Erik Prince in separate lawsuits filed today and Thursday in California federal court, according to their U.S.-based legal team. The lawsuits allege that several Blackwater defendants - now operating as Xe and other names under the control of Mr. Prince - have demonstrated "a pattern and practice of recklessness in the use of deadly force." The first case was brought by the family of Sa'ad Raheem Jarallah, a 53-year-old teacher at a technical institution in the city of Al Amara, who was killed by...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-04-19)
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