Blackwater has said its September 16th convoy was under attack before it opened fire in West Baghdad, killing 17 Iraqis.
These attacks followed an attempt on the life of the second most important Muslim leader in Nigeria, the Emir of Kano, whose convoy came under fire on Sunday.
Blackwater said its guards were protecting a U.S. diplomatic convoy when they came under fire in Nusoor Square in western Baghdad.
The five U.N. peacekeepers were from India and were part of a convoy of 32 Indian peacekeepers that came under attack in an ambush in Jonglei, South Sudan, according to Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs.
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While on patrol in Iraq his convoy was struck by an IED and fell under enemy fire.
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The pilots were under both time pressure and geographical pressure, as the convoy appeared to be heading towards a village, where the pilots could not strafe them, Mr Carroll said.
This allows for the convoy to take an alternate route if needed while remaining under the watch of at least one UAV.
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The Iraqis then organized a convoy to transport the 64 Syrians to another border crossing that remains under Syrian government control hundreds of miles to the south.
One aid convoy was able to reach several villages in south Lebanon that have come under heavy bombardment for more than two weeks.
On Wednesday, Jordan sent a convoy of trucks across the Jordan River packed with relief aid for Palestinians under Israeli curfew in the West Bank.
Earlier this week UN police came under attack in the town of Strpce after a Serbian man died while travelling in a UN convoy.
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