Ex-Blackwater Security Guard Is Convicted of Murder in Baghdad Shooting
Over a dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians were killed in 2007 incident, badly straining U.S.-Iraq relations
A former Blackwater security guard was convicted Wednesday of murder in his third trial over his involvement in a 2007 Baghdad traffic-circle shooting that marked one of the lowest points of the Iraq War.
Nicholas Slatten, who was 23 years old at the time of the shooting, was found guilty of one count of murder by a jury after a monthlong trial in federal court in Washington.
His...