Private Warriors. pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/view/
This is the first segment of part 2 of Private Warriors. Citizens In a Combat Zone The brutal killings of four Blackwater contractor brings home the daily dangers contractors face. It also raises the issue of regulating a private security force of tens of thousands that is not part of the military command structure.
The story of four civilian contractors who were shot in March 2004 by insurgents who burned their bodies and hung the charred remains of two from the girders of a bridge in the city of Falluja. Television images of the gruesome scene, with jubilant Iraqis shaking their fists, were beamed around the world and shocked the United States. Some military experts view the Falluja incident, which prompted a massive U.S. retaliatory assault on Falluja, as a turning point in the war.
Stephen (Scotty Bod) Helveston, Mike Teague, Jerko Zovko and Wesley Batalona, may you all REST IN PEACE.Tags: Harold Vidinha Stephen Scott Helveston Mike Teague Jerko Zovko Wesley Batalona Frontline PBS Scotty Bod |
