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 ...

The deal ends the families' hopes that a public trial would expose the events that led to Iraqi insurgents killing the four contractors in 2004 and hanging two of their corpses, said Jason Helvenston ...

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 ...

Source: Vanity Fair Prince, who was not on the ground during the shooting, criticized the FBI's investigation into the matter and resisted claims that Blackwater guards were responsible.