Blackwater is in trouble after killing civilians by Corina Ciubotaru

It seems Blackwater, the security firm involved in shootings in Iraq a little while ago, is in for some hard times. Not only did everyone hear of their misconduct, but a congressional committee checked their activity recently and what they found was not pretty. The company has fired dozens of guards over the past 3 years due to problems with alcohol and drugs, as well as other bad work habits and witnesses claim the September 16 killing of 11 Iraqi civilians was no accident and video footage agrees with them. Since 2005, the company employees have been involved in 1.4 shootings a week and left the scene immediately after they ended, which should really make us wonder about what kind of people they are. Instead of protecting American strategic buildings like the embassy, do they kill innocent people out of the blue? As Blackwater has been involved in more shootings than the two other security companies working in Iraq, Triple Canopy and Dyncorp, a hearing was scheduled for the company's founder Erik Prince to try and clear this situation. Most Iraqis don't even tell the difference between security guards and soldiers, so these shootings have worsened the relations between civilians and peace-keeping forces in a country that's not really very happy with what the Americans have done so far. And how could they be if they risk getting killed in the middle of the street for no reason? To them, the Americans probably seem worse now than the terrorists and Saddam supporters they are trying to get rid of.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_go_co/blackwater_iraq;_ylt=AmWMkuMmaRdKWJnN2wL1Yqms0NUE

by Corina Ciubotaru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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