His family say that he was standing outside his home when the officer opened fire without provocation.

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An Iraqi government investigation concluded that Blackwater guards fired on civilians without provocation.

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An Iraqi government investigation has concluded that Blackwater guards fired without provocation during the incident in Baghdad on 16 September and were "100% guilty".

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He offered one bit of caution, however, commenting that gold historically has sometimes behaved unusually around holidays with big drops or spikes, sometimes without provocation.

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But ask sports business consultant Marc Ganis--without provocation--who he sees as college football's single most important driving figure of the past 30 years, and you'll get a quick answer.

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Police said the animal attacked the girl without provocation.

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They promised not to launch attacks without provocation.

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His collapse shortly before Christmas, from which he quickly recovered, demonstrated that he was a 'good soldier, ' carrying on without complaint despite unrelenting provocation.

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"Violence of this magnitude would never have spread so quickly without some type of provocation or organization, " says Abdurrahman Khouw, vice chairman of the local Council of Indonesian Ulemas, an influential, nation-wide Muslim organization.

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