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Blackwater license being pulled in Iraq
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Associated Press - September 17, 2007 7:35 AM ET
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' q5 }# A8 |& JBAGHDAD (AP) - The Interior Ministry in Iraq says it's pulling the license of a North Carolina security firm allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of civilians during an attack on a U.S. State Department motorcade in Baghdad.
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! g8 t. G1 y0 A0 iThe announcement involves Blackwater USA, based in Moyock near the Virginia state line in Currituck County.
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8 D' \# M1 k* [6 N% ZThe Interior Ministry in Iraq says it will prosecute any foreign contractors found to have used excessive force in the incident yesterday.
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! ?) b2 o8 r2 w2 O1 e/ GThe ministry says eight people were killed and 13 were wounded when security contractors working for Blackwater opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad.
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( v: E- }% i% N! O) t4 o7 YBlackwater provides security for many U.S. civilian operations in Iraq. The company did not immediately return phone calls this morning.
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