Four former guards of a private security company were found guilty of intentionally killing 14 Iraqis – The shooting incident occurred in 2007 in Baghdad, where Blackwater was trying to open the way for a motorcade for the Minister of Foreign Affairs

The four former guards of private security firm Blackwater were found guilty by the Federal Court of the United States for nearly every category encountered in connection with the murder of 14 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad on the 16th of September 2007.

The verdict was issued seven years after the incident took place that had angered the Iraqis and had fomented anti-Americanism around the world.