Blackwater
Trump’s pardon of Blackwater guards invites global condemnation
The four guards belonging to private militia company Blackwater, which was hired by the US army during its invasion of Iraq, were originally convicted in 2014 for the murder of 14 innocent Iraqi civilians in 2007
Prison sentence of former Blackwater guards cut in half by Federal Judge
The three ex-guards together killed 27 Iraqis and wounded 39 others in the Nisour square massacre in 2007
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