Jeremy Scahill - Blackwater

39 Jay Prince, Joseph Neff, and Charles Crain, “Ambush Kills 4 Workers in Iraq; Men Worked for N.C. Security Firm,” News and Observe r (Raleigh, North Carolina), June 7, 2004.

40 Richard P. Nordan v. Blackwater Security Consulting, LLC et. al., filed January 5, 2005.

41 Jay Prince and Joseph Neff, “Security Company Broke Own Rules; Four U.S. Civilians Ambushed and Killed in Fallujah, Iraq, Lacked Some Protection Their Contract Promised,” News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), August 22, 2004.

42 Author copy of contract.

43 Jay Price, Joseph Neff, and Charles Crain, “Graveyard; The Ambush Was So Sudden That the Four Private Contractors Had Little Chance to React. The Men had Driven Into Fallujah Rather Than Bypassing That Tinderbox in the Sunni Triangle. The City’s Barely Suppressed Fury Boiled to the Surface,” News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) , July 31, 2004.

44 Ibid.

45 Joshua Hammer, “Cowboy Up,” The New Republic, May 24, 2004.

46 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Majority Staff Report, “Private Military Contractors in Iraq: An Examination of Blackwater’s Actions in Fallujah,” September 2007.

47 Ibid.

48 Bill Powell, “Into the Cauldron; The Murder of Four American Civilians in Fallujah Provokes a Vow of Retaliation. But Can Anything Defuse the Rage in Iraq?” Time , April 8, 2004.

49 As quoted in the documentary Shadow Company, released 2006, produced and directed by Nick Bicanic, Purpose Films.

50 Robert Young Pelton, Licensed to Kill, p. 134.

51 David Barstow, “Security Firm Says Its Workers Were Lured Into Iraqi Ambush,” New York Times, April 9, 2004.

52 Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco, p. 331.

53 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Majority Staff Report, “Private Military Contractors in Iraq: An Examination of Blackwater’s Actions in Fallujah,” September 2007.

54 Bill Powell, “Into the Cauldron; The Murder of Four American Civilians in Fallujah Provokes a Vow of Retaliation. But Can Anything Defuse the Rage in Iraq?” Time , April 8, 2004.

55 Sewell Chan, “Descent Into Carnage in a Hostile City; In Fallujah, Mob Unleashes Its Rage,” Washington Post, April 1, 2004. Note: Subsequent autopsies determined that the men died immediately, disputing these accounts, but the bodies were horribly mutilated.

56 Bill Powell, “Into the Cauldron; The Murder of Four American Civilians in Fallujah Provokes a Vow of Retaliation. But Can Anything Defuse the Rage in Iraq?” Time , April 8, 2004.

57 Ibid.

58 Sameer N. Yacoub, “Insurgents Attack U.S. Convoy in Fallujah Day After Bodies of American Civilians Dragged Through Streets,” Associated Press, April 1, 2004.

59 Sewell Chan, “Descent Into Carnage in a Hostile City; In Fallujah, Mob Unleashes Its Rage,” Washington Post, April 1, 2004.

60 Ibid.

61 Ibid.

62 Ibid.

63 Michael Georgy, “Iraqis Drag Bodies Through Streets After Attack,” Reuters, March 31, 2004.

1 Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah, Bantam Dell, New York, 2005, p. 58.

2 Transcript, “Deputy Director for Coalition Operations Hosts News Conference on Security Operations in Iraq,” Department of Defense Press Briefing, March 31, 2004.

3 Tom Raum, “Stakes for U.S. Much Higher in Iraq Than They Were in Somalia,” Associated Press, April 1, 2004.

4 Transcript, “Deputy Director for Coalition Operations Hosts News Conference on Security Operations in Iraq,” Department of Defense Press Briefing, March 31, 2004.

5 Ibid.

6 Ibid.

7 Ibid.

8 Ibid.

9 Transcript, “Remarks by the President at Bush-Cheney 2004 Dinner Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C.,” White House News Release, March 31, 2004.

10 L. Paul Bremer III, My Year in Iraq, p. 317.

11 Ibid.

12 Ibid.

13 Tom Raum, “Stakes for U.S. Much Higher in Iraq Than They Were in Somalia,” Associated Press, April 1, 2004.

14 David Stout, “White House, With Support, Vows to Finish Mission in Iraq, New York Times, April 1, 2004.

15 Ibid.

16 Transcript, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News Network, March 31, 2004.

17 Ibid.

18 Transcript, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News Network, April 1, 2004.

19 Ibid.

20 Transcript, Scarborough Country, MSNBC, March 31, 2004.

21 Claude Salhani, “Analysis: Mogadishu Revisited?” UPI, March 31, 2004.

22 Paul McGeough, “Shocked Iraqis Wait for US Retribution,” Sydney Morning Herald, April 3, 2004.

23 Transcript, “Deputy Director for Coalition Operations Hosts News Conference on Security Operations in Iraq,” Department of Defense Press Briefing, March 31, 2004.

24 Transcript, CNN Crossfire, CNN, April 1, 2004.

25 Transcript, “Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing With Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt,” Department of Defense Press Briefing, April 1, 2004.

26 Ibid.

27 Ibid.

28 Transcript, “Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing With Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt,” Department of Defense Press Briefing, April 12, 2004.

29 Jeffrey Gettleman, “4 From U.S. Killed in Ambush in Iraq; Mob Drags Bodies,” New York Times, April 1, 2004.

30 Transcript, Larry King Live, CNN, April 1, 2004.

31 Anne Barnard and Thanassis Cambanis, “Brutality, Cheers in Iraq: Mob Drags Burned Bodies of Four Slain American Civilians Through Streets,” Boston Globe, April 1, 2004.

32 Paul McGeough, “Shocked Iraqis Wait for US Retribution,” Sydney Morning Herald, April 3, 2004.

33 Ibid.

34 Sewell Chan, “Descent Into Carnage in a Hostile City; In Fallujah, Mob Unleashes Its Rage,” Washington Post, April 1, 2004.

35 Kevin Johnson, “Fallujah Leaders Set Defiant Tone,” USA Today, April 5, 2004.

36 Ibid.

37 Jack Fairweather, “American Dead Butchered ‘Like Sheep,’” The Telegraph (London), April 1, 2004.

38 Transcript, White House Press Briefing, March 31, 2004.

39 Transcript, “Interview With Maybritt Illner of Zdf German Television,” FDCH Federal Department and Agency Documents, April 1, 2004.

40 Transcript, “Coalition Provisional Authority Briefing With Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt,” Department of Defense Press Briefing, April 1, 2004.

41 Transcript, CNN Live Today, CNN, April 1, 2004.

42 Joanne Kimberlin, “Three Slain Blackwater Workers Identified,” Virginian-Pilot, April 2, 2004.

43 Jonathan E. Kaplan, “Private Army Seeking Political Advice in D.C.,” The Hill, April 14, 2004.

44 Gerry J. Gilmore, “U.S. Firm Mourns Slain Employees,” American Forces Press Service, April 2, 2004.

45 Ibid.

46 Ben Deck, “N.C. Sheriff: Some Blackwater Workers Ex-Law Enforcement Officers,” Cox News Service, March 31, 2004.

47 Transcript, “Hearing of the Emerging Threats & Capabilities Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee,” Federal News Service, April 2, 2004.

48 D. R. Staton, “Chaplain Corner 04/05/04,” Blackwater Tactical Weekly, April 5, 2004.

49 Sonja Barisic, “Deaths of North Carolina Company’s Employees in Iraq Hit Stir Hometown,” Associated Press, April 1, 2004.

50 Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco, p. 332.

51 Alissa J. Rubin and Doyle McManus, “Why America Has Waged a Losing Battle on Fallouja,” Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2004.

52 Ibid.

53 Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco , p. 332

54 Alissa J. Rubin and Doyle McManus, “Why America Has Waged a Losing Battle on Fallouja,” Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2004.