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FBI Continues Blackwater Shooting Investigation

By Dina Temple-Raston, Melissa Block

Published October 31, 2007 at 1:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

The FBI is investigating the weeks-old shooting incident in Iraq involving Blackwater contractors.

Investigators have just returned from Iraq, where they interviewed witnesses who were at the Baghdad square when the shooting occurred. The agency has also transported to its crime lab in Virginia a number of shot-out Iraqi cars involved in the incident.

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Dina Temple-Raston

Dina Temple-Raston is a correspondent on NPR's Investigations team focusing on breaking news stories and national security, technology and social justice.

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