US team meets Iraqis about Blackwater shooting

Baghdad: US prosecutors are meeting with Iraqis in Baghdad to discuss the case against Blackwater guards allegedly involved in the fatal September 2007 shooting in the city.

Five Blackwater guards are under indictment on manslaughter and other charges for their roles in the shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.

A sixth guard reached a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid a mandatory 30-year prison sentence.

Iraqi officials say a seven-member team met Iraq's National Police commander Lt. Gen. Hussain Al Awadi on Saturday and were to meet with families of the victims.