Blackwater was in the right to protect the State Department official. That is their job.. There could of been ballistic taken to see who killed who.. but what I know of insurgents why will dress in civilian cloths.. and they would shoot anyone and blame US troops. .. Those IP's are just lucky they weren't all killed.. Then again that would of opened a bigger can of worms.. Therefore they were allowed to live..
THANK YOU BLACKWATER FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN IRAQ!!!and around the world..

The trouble with any (and all) reports endorsed by the Bush administration is that it habitually Big Lies, and has from day one. I certainly don't believe a single word of this State Department account. Frankly, why journalists at Disney/ABC continue to credit those people is inexplicable. It makes them ("you") all look silly.

why did it take so long for this mis-information...i mean information to come out? was someone cooking the books?

More deception. If this is the incident why not show the video clip - not pick and choose to suit Blackwater's version. I am presently looking for the video that these images are actually from - not the Blackwater incident. I've seen them before. Unless the video clip is seen in its entirety then these images are what is called in law enforcement as planted evidence.

blackwater and other companies like it will be the end of this country. they need to be held accountable and they need to be OUT of new orleans. its a disgrace. i dont blame the individual workers, many of whom are from depressed areas created by the same people who support/create a blackwater.

look at their board of directors. look at their lead counsel. abc stop carrying bush's water.

MeanBiker
No need to thank them, you are paying them handsomely. I just hope they save some $$ for their PTSD treatment after they come home and are kicked to the curb like some day laborer. More good policy.

Of course ABC has these exclusive images. They had the exclusive images of the fake Moon Landing too. Nice job helping the government get out of another tight spot - this time with 007s running around murdering the innocent people of Iraq. Innocent has already been proven by the FBI. If only Disney World would report the facts as they come in instead of making the news the soap opera of the day. The FBI named Saudi Arabia as the financiers of 9/11 and they also had the majority of hijackers . The real kicker is a rich Saudi national and personal friends of the Bush family was also named by all levels of the US government as the mastermind - Osama bin Laden. That makes them the country that attacked the US on 9/11. This exclusive report comes as no surprise. The credits should read - "This faked report has been paid for by the US government - courtesy of Disney Production Studios - ABC"

These pictures really don't cover the shoot out. I don't think there was any question about there being a bomb, but that event was several minutes and about a mile away from the scene of the shoot out. ABC purporting these pictures to be of the incident is misleading because one is left with the impression that the entire controversy revolves around the bombing. There is only one picture in the set which show's the scene of the actual shootout, and that is an aerial photo which shows the locations of various vehicles, but no detal about the scene what so ever.

I do smell a rat here actually. They are saying 'look at these scenes of massive destruction, none of which is Blackwaters fault, but all of which are (said to be of) the scene of the controversy, and you can understand why the Blackwater guys were shooting everything up. Heck, by looking at the scene of the bomb, you might even tend to blame the blast for some of the deaths. But this is really a bait and switch. I want to see the pictures of the actual shoot out...

Its pretty obvious from the size of the initial blasts that the only people who would be there would either be the target of the blast ( US convoy ) or enemy combatants. Don't tell me that innocent civilians pushing baby carriages were simply walking by that bomb scene. You got to be a fool to think everyone innocent didn't run as far away as possible.

Good old haters are always around to blind the peeps and propel the lies forward.

He takes the Blackwater account as fact, despite how many times they've swindled and lied so far, and applauds them for their accounts version. Problem is, if their account is completely wrong, hateful glee at the death of "insurgents" and the fleeing of the "IPs"

It is sad to see how American citizens have been so dumbed down. You're almost like children, so naive and so scared.

Look we all know just how dangerous it is in Iraq, I for one back our troops there, even if I disagree with our president, however If these men believed they were in danger who are we to say they werent, we are not there, and I trust the Iraqi government about as much as I trust ours.

Blackwater will stay right where they are. They are the ones who protect the politicans when they come to town. They want these guys to exercise the utmost caution. In this case they did what they had to do. If you hesitate you are dead. You sensitive types need to spend some time in the bush before you criticize guys who have been there.

Who thought for a moment that urban warfare was going to be easy ? Americans have gotten too spoiled by the use of high tech devices, stealth, smart bombs and cruise missiles. This fight involves non-uniformed civilian combatants. I realize everyone wants to see team jerseys and mascots...but this isn't that kind of altercation.

Spent 16 months in Iraq, 12 of which was in the IZ in Baghdad. Had Blackwater all around and speak from experience. They are generally out of control!!! I have little use for them or their tactics. Loose canons and Rambo wanna beez.... In my opinion, the Iraqi's are lying as well to gain world pity for their plight under US control. Boths sides were at fault, I am almost sure.... Don't like them. Don't want them around. Whenever they show up, so does some kind of trouble... There are 3 types of water in the Utilities business: White water or clear water and
thats what you drink: Gray water and thats from your laudry or your sink. Then there is Black water and that is sewage. I think the name fits them very well!!!!!!

If Iraq thinks Blackwater is so bad then why does Blackwater to this day still protect their prime minister and not use their own troops? The pictures prove what has been said all along, they reacted to insurgent threats and not open fire on civilians.

"It's all a Blackwater Conspiracy", screams the leftist nutroots. Where did ABC get the video? Probably from the insurgents filming the event for thier next propaganda DVD!!!!!!

where is the tape that the iraqi claims to have? I'm positive it will not be greeted with the same cynicism/distrust as these department of state images, especially if it shows blackwater doing something wrong.

the vehicle that is alleged to show damage from this incident looks very different from the third vehicle in the second convoy that is alleged to have been attacked.

The video can't be very kind to Blackwater or we would've seen it by now. Blackwater needs to go out of business and this job should go back to the Marines who are accountable to us. Thanks for your post, MLS. I don't doubt you for a minute.

I have spoken with several soldiers who have seen blackwater usa in action and they have all agreed they are making matters far more dangerous in iraq for our military personnel. These p.m.c. mercs are the true terrorists of the region. They do not value peace and do not value the safety of american soldiers. They do how ever value agitating the indigenous population with racist slurs and goon behavior. They create more enemies then they protect against. But considering the war in itself is illegal and the government reason for going is to serve the imperialist agenda