Ex-Blackwater Guard Gets Life in Prison for Baghdad Shooting
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A former Blackwater Worldwide guard convicted of murder for his role in the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle was sentenced to life in prison.
Three other ex-guards received 30-year terms for the massacre in Nisour Square that inflamed anti-American sentiment and led to curbs on U.S. military contractors. The incident ranked with the killings of 24 civilians at the city of Haditha and the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison as stains on U.S. efforts in Iraq.