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Former Blackwater guard goes on trial for second time for role in mass shooting in Iraq

Former Blackwater guard Nick Slatten goes on trial for the second time for his role in a mass shooting that killed 14 civilians during the Iraq War in 2007. His conviction for first-degree murder was thrown out last August.

 

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