Blackwater Shot My Dog!

[Doug]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Iraq is investigating another deadly shooting incident involving its Blackwater bodyguards -- this time of the New York Times's dog.

Staff at the newspaper's Baghdad bureau said Blackwater bodyguards shot Hentish [the dog] dead last week before a visit by a U.S. diplomat to the Times compound.

Blackwater spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell said the dog had attacked one of Blackwater's bomb-sniffer dogs while a security team was sweeping the compound for explosives.

"The K-9 handler made several unsuccessful attempts to get the dog to retreat, including placing himself between the dogs. When those efforts failed, the K-9 handler unfortunately was forced to use a pistol to protect the company's K-9 and himself," she said in an e-mail to Reuters.

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DOUG
Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that conservatives hate the New York Times..?

[Barbara Fitzpatrick]

There is an actual organization that comes close (ish) to Mercedes Lackey's definition of a Mercenaries Guild. Blackwater was a member for about 6 weeks. The obsolutely first no-bid contractor to lay off is Blackwater. Then we can lay off Haliburton, KBR, GE, Bechtel...