This is a rather disturbing account of the Blackwater incident. It is obvious that they did fire on civilians, because no one ever fired at them. The
article is rather graphic and as hard as it is should be told to everyone.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An Iraqi police officer who was directing traffic at Baghdad's Nusoor Square on September 16 said Blackwater guards
"became the terrorists" that Sunday afternoon when they opened fire on civilians, an incident the Iraqi government said was unprovoked.
The shooting lasted about 20 minutes, he said.
"When it was over we were looking around and about 15 cars had been destroyed, the bodies of the killed were strewn on the pavements and road."
Sarhan said
no one ever fired at the Blackwater team.
Blackwater incident witness: 'It was hell'
There is no excuse for this and Blackwater should have remained banned. This article on the Oversight report explains that this is SOP with these
guys.
Blackwater's contractors fired their weapons 195 times -- or an average of 1.4 times a week -- from the beginning of 2005 through the second
week of September, the Democratic staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee found.
In over 80 percent of the cases, Blackwater reports that its forces fired first, according to the staff report.
Blackwater most often shoots first, congressional report says
Sure you might think they are doing a great service, but I ask you would you allow this to happen in our country? Would we allow innocent civilians be
killed in similar circumstances? Absolutely not, so it should also be the same in Iraq.
