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| Security guards 'kill two Iraqis' | Security guards 'kill two Iraqis' |
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| Private security guards have killed two Iraqi women in central Baghdad, Iraqi police have reported. | Private security guards have killed two Iraqi women in central Baghdad, Iraqi police have reported. |
| The security company involved in the incident has not been named. | The security company involved in the incident has not been named. |
| The deaths come after an Iraqi investigation reported that guards from the US firm Blackwater deliberately fired on Iraqi civilians, killing 17. | The deaths come after an Iraqi investigation reported that guards from the US firm Blackwater deliberately fired on Iraqi civilians, killing 17. |
| Anger at the incident last month is running high in Iraq. The government has demanded that the US end its association with Blackwater. | Anger at the incident last month is running high in Iraq. The government has demanded that the US end its association with Blackwater. |
| The Iraqi government has demanded Blackwater pay $8m (£3.9m) compensation to each family bereaved by last month's shootings. | The Iraqi government has demanded Blackwater pay $8m (£3.9m) compensation to each family bereaved by last month's shootings. |
| Blackwater denies its men acted improperly, insisting they returned fire. | Blackwater denies its men acted improperly, insisting they returned fire. |
| Witnesses to Tuesday's incident in the Karrada area of Baghdad said the security guards signalled to a woman driving a car to pull over as they passed. | |
| When she did not, they opened fire, killing her and a passenger. | When she did not, they opened fire, killing her and a passenger. |
| Witnesses say the guards were part of the escort for a civilian convoy. | Witnesses say the guards were part of the escort for a civilian convoy. |