Blackwater faulted again

Controversial Blackwater's "disregard for Iraqi lives" is apparent in Janessa Gans's op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, "I Survived Blackwater." The author traveled in Iraq with the protection of Blackwater security guards as a U.S. official for two years and offers an American perspective in her first hand account. After last month's fatal shooting of civilians in Iraq and al-Maliki's demands to expell the private security firm, it is another tale of Blackwater's questionable treatment of Iraqi civilians:

But much more appalling than the ride was the deleterious effect each movement through town had on the already beleaguered people of Iraq. I began to wonder whether my meetings, intended to further U.S. policy goals and improve the lives of Iraqis, were doing more harm than good. With our drivers honking at, cutting off, pelting with water bottles (a favorite tactic) and menacing with weapons anyone in their way, how many enemies were we creating?