The 2007 killings triggered a debate over the role of defence contractors in warfare A US appeals court has overturned a murder conviction for a former Blackwater security guard over the killing ...

BAGHDAD, Jan 2, (AFP) -Iraq said on Friday it regretted the decision of a US judge to dismiss criminal charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of fatally shooting 14 people in Baghdad ...

The top manager for the mercenary group Blackwater told a State Department investigator that "he could kill [him] at that very moment and no one could or would do anything about it as we were in ...