Blackwater: Brickbats Or Bonuses? By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

A private U.S. contractor comes under attack for firing weapons in a war zone where terrorists hide as civilians and use them as human shields. And Democrats feign concern about the Iraqi civilians they want to abandon.

Democrats who want to make private security contractors in Iraq like Blackwater USA subject to U.S. criminal prosecution were not so concerned about Blackwater and its efforts to protect U.S. diplomatic personnel on March 31, 2004.

On that day, a convoy escorted by Blackwater personnel was ambushed. Four Blackwater employees were killed, and their charred bodies were hung from a Fallujah bridge. Gruesome photos of their mutilated bodies, like the one above, were printed in every major newspaper around the world and displayed on jihadist Web sites as a great victory against the Great Satan.

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