Trump pardons four Blackwater security guards

With less than one month left in the White House, President Donald Trump has granted pardons to four Blackwater security guards responsible for the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. The killings sparked outrage in Iraq and around the world. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Ali al-Mawlawi, a senior analyst with Inside Iraqi Politics, to get the reaction from Iraq

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