{"id":4644,"date":"2021-01-04T03:15:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T03:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/04\/blackwaters-youngest-victim-9-year-old-ali-kinani-was-among-victims-of-trumps-pardoned-killers-2\/"},"modified":"2021-01-04T03:15:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T03:15:33","slug":"blackwaters-youngest-victim-9-year-old-ali-kinani-was-among-victims-of-trumps-pardoned-killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/04\/blackwaters-youngest-victim-9-year-old-ali-kinani-was-among-victims-of-trumps-pardoned-killers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBlackwater\u2019s Youngest Victim\u201d: 9-Year-Old Ali Kinani Was Among Victims of Trump\u2019s Pardoned Killers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump\u2019s pardon of four former Blackwater contractors convicted for their role in a massacre in Baghdad has sparked outrage in Iraq. The Blackwater guards include Nicholas Slatten, who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder for his role in the 2007 Nisoor Square massacre, when he and other Blackwater mercenaries opened fire with machine guns and grenades on a crowded public space in Baghdad, killing 17 unarmed civilians, including women and children. The youngest victim was a 9-year-old named Ali Kinani. We re-broadcast clips from a short documentary, \u201cBlackwater\u2019s Youngest Victim,\u201d by The Intercept\u2019s Jeremy Scahill and filmmaker Rick Rowley, that first aired on Democracy Now! in 2010.<\/p>\n

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