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An Iraqi traffic police officer regulates the traffic next to al-Nisoor square,Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. At this square, on Sept. 16, 2007, Blackwater Worldwide security guards shot dead 17 Iraqi civilians. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)