Blackwater’s bullets over Baghdad

Blackwater USA has sprayed more bullets over Baghdad than any government contract killers, er, cowboys. Nearly 200 shootings in Iraq since 2005, mostly from moving vehicles, no stops for body counts, let alone helping the wounded. This according to a new report from Congress. In fact, Blackwater is almost an insurgency unto itself. Whatcha think?

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, headed up by scrappy Henry Waxman, delivered a 15-page report for Tuesday's committee hearing. It was based on no less than 437 internal Blackwater incident reports as well as State Department correspondence, saying Blackwater’s force was “frequent and extensive, resulting in significant casualties and property damage.” Yet State loves them, to the tune of nearly $1 billion in contracts hither and yon so far. Online Journal