Breaking News: A court rejected 3 long sentences and 1 conviction in the 2007 shootout that made Blackwater a symbol of unchecked U.S. power in Iraq

A federal appeals court on Friday threw out the lengthy sentences for three former Blackwater Worldwide security contractors and ordered a new trial for a fourth man involved in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad. The shooting injured or killed at least 31 civilians.

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