RAVEN 23 by Gina Keating (epub)(Nonfiction)

Raven 23 by Gina Keating (ePub) (Nonfiction)
Author: Gina Keating
Publication Date: August 12, 2025
Length: 272 pages
Genre: Nonfiction, Military History, True Crime, Investigative Journalism

In 2007 a Blackwater security team (“Raven 23”) opened fire in Baghdad’s Nisur Square, leaving 14 Iraqis dead and 17 wounded. The U.S. government later charged four team members—Dustin Heard, Paul Slough, Nick Slatten, and Evan Liberty—with murder and weapons offences. Journalist Gina Keating’s investigation (expanded from her popular podcast) argues the men acted under attack and were wrongly prosecuted to appease the Iraqi government and international critics.