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January 9, 2012

Blackwater Settles With Families of Guards Slain in Fallujah 
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The private security company once known as Blackwater has reached a
settlement with the families of four Blackwater guards killed in a
convoy ambush in Fallujah, Iraq, in March 2004. After being shot, the
men’s bodies were dragged through the streets and mutilated. Two of
the corpses were strung from a bridge. The victims’ families accused
Blackwater of sending them into hostile territory unprepared and without
sufficient protection. The Virginian Pilot reports the company, now
known as Academi, agreed to a total payout of $635,000.



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