Iraqi Probe Faults Blackwater for 17 Deaths « Thread Started on Oct 8, 2007, 1:18am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Iraqi Probe Faults Blackwater for 17 Deaths Associated Press read at source> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1191772 ... ewsBAGHDAD -- An official Iraqi investigation into a deadly shooting involving Blackwater USA security guards concluded 17 Iraqis were killed and found the gunfire was unwarranted, the government said Sunday. It also said the shootings amounted to a deliberate crime and recommended those involved face trial.The Blackwater guards are accused of opening fire on Iraqi civilians in a main square in Baghdad on Sept. 16. They claimed they came under fire first.The Iraqi investigative committee, which was ordered by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, found that convoys from the Moyock, N.C.-based security company did not come under direct or ...