<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Nusoor Square: News &amp; Videos about Nusoor Square - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Nusoor_Square</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Nusoor Square from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:27:19 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Nusoor Square: News &amp; Videos about Nusoor Square - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Nusoor_Square</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Nusoor Square from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Ex-Blackwater official 'unaware' of any bribe plot; Iraq probing news report</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/11/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/11/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former vice president of the Blackwater private security company said he was "unaware of any plot or guidance for Blackwater to bribe Iraqi officials" as rage erupted over the killings of 17 civilians by the company's security guards more than two years ago.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blackwater defends team in Baghdad shootings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/18/blackwater.guards/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/18/blackwater.guards/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Security contractor Blackwater said any guards who acted improperly in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad should be held accountable, but believes its team acted in self-defense, a company spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqis testify in Blackwater grand jury probe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/27/blackwater.grand.jury/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/05/27/blackwater.grand.jury/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three Iraqis testified Tuesday in a federal grand jury investigation of a deadly Baghdad shooting involving security contractors from Blackwater Worldwide.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 01:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blackwater guards pumped on steroids, lawsuit alleges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/27/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/27/blackwater.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A quarter of Blackwater security guards in Iraq use steroids and other "judgment-altering substances," according to a lawsuit filed by the families of several Iraqis killed or wounded in a Baghdad shooting in September. </description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: 'Blackwater must go'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraq's prime minister wants private military contractor Blackwater out of his country after an Iraqi probe found Blackwater guards randomly shot civilians without provocation in a Baghdad square last month, an aide said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dad: Blackwater blew up son's and wife's 'skulls'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/dad.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/dad.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Haythem could only recognize his oldest boy from his tall and slim physique as well as what was left of his shoes. His son's head had been blown away, his body charred beyond recognition. His wife of more than 20 years was torn apart.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survivors of Blackwater shooting in Iraq tell FBI their stories</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/13/blackwater.witnesses/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/13/blackwater.witnesses/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Survivors of a September 16 incident in which the Iraqi government accuses Blackwater USA security guards of fatally shooting 17 Iraqi civilians without provocation have told FBI investigators harrowing stories of their ordeals.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: Soldiers found no evidence gunmen fired on Blackwater</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. soldiers investigating a shooting by Blackwater guards that left 17 Iraqis dead found no evidence the security contractors were fired upon, a source familiar with a preliminary U.S. military report said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi families sue Blackwater in U.S. court</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/11/blackwater.suit/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/11/blackwater.suit/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Philadelphia law firm filed suit against Blackwater USA on Thursday on behalf of the families of Iraqis killed and injured in last month's shooting in Baghdad's Nusoor Square.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Australian contractor: Our employees feared  suicide bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/10/baghdad.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/10/baghdad.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Australian security company that Tuesday fired on a car carrying two Iraqi women, killing them, said its team acted because they feared a suicide bombing attack.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Australian security firm involved in shooting, Iraq official says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/09/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The security convoy that on Tuesday fired on a car in Iraq's capital, killing two Iraqi women, was an Australian firm, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. 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