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) l% _* E- e9 P1 NAssociated Press - September 17, 2007 7:35 AM ET * a2 v. g+ N% k- }0 G* Z
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BAGHDAD (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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The announcement involves Blackwater USA, based in Moyock near the Virginia state line in Currituck County.
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9 G4 X @ a' I; gThe 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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The 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./ Y m. }% a& I2 x# k @
+ c$ n( K2 n- u# IBlackwater provides security for many U.S. civilian operations in Iraq. The company did not immediately return phone calls this morning.5 O* o4 b) Y. J+ r# w
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