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The Center for Constitutional Rights is filing a lawsuit today under the Alien Tort Claims Act on behalf of the families of three of the Iraqis killed as well as another Iraqi who was injured when Blackwater guards shot dead 17 Iraqis and injured many more. We speak with CCR attorney Susan Burke and Democracy Now correspondent Jeremy Scahill, author of the best-selling book "Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army."

The report from 'Democracy Now' can be viewed, or listened to, at the above site link.

We begin our show with a Democracy Now exclusive. A lawsuit is being filed today against the private military firm Blackwater USA over last month's shooting in Baghdad when Blackwater guards shot dead 17 Iraqis and injured many more. Earlier this week the Iraqi government called on the Bush administration to sever its ties with Blackwater in Iraq and for the company to pay $8 million dollars in compensation to each of the Iraqi families.

* Susan Burke. Attorney in Philadelphia who is working with the Center for Constitutional Rights on its suit against Blackwater.

* Jeremy Scahill. Independent journalist, Democracy Now! correspondent, author of "Blackwater: the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army."

And from 'The Center for Constitutional Rights', they have the following up:

Blackwater USA Sued for Firing on Iraqi Civilians, According to Legal Team for Injured Survivor and Families of Three Killed

The families are going after 'Blackwater', the Corporation, the only place they can, in the U.S. Courts!!!

And we have this move by 'Blackwater' as well:

Blackwater Quits Security Association

Blackwater USA yesterday pulled out of one of the few Washington-based industry associations for private security companies, a move that distances the embattled firm from one of its staunchest advocates.

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