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Foreign guards kill two women in Baghdad.
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10-9-2007 11:34 AM
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The security company was unnamed. Blackwater were not involved, according to the U.S. Embassy, who said Blackwater only worked for them. Who it was will no doubt be revealed by Iraqi Authorities
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