From Errand to Fatal Shot To Hail of Fire to 17 Deaths.

The article reports that interviews with witnesses and Iraqi and U.S. investigators of the September 16, 2007 incident where employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA shot and killed at least 11 Iraqi civilians contradict the company's explanation of the events. A Blackwater employee is said to have shot and killed an Iraqi automobile driver who failed to halt when ordered. When the dead man's car continued moving, Blackwater personnel began firing indiscriminately.