Meanwhile... back in Iraq:

"Blackwater has a reputation. If you want over-over-the-top, gun-toting security with high profile and all the bells and whistles, Blackwater are the people you are going to go with," said James Sammons, a former Australian Special Air Service commander who now works for British-based AKE Group that also provides security in Iraq.

He said any civilian killings by security contractors tarnish the reputations of all of them.

"We get lumped in with that and it makes the job harder for the rest of us," said Sammons, who is AKE's Asia-Pacific regional director, based in Sydney, Australia.
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The New York Times reported that a preliminary review by the Interior Ministry found that Blackwater security guards fired at a car when it did not heed a policeman's call to stop, killing a couple and their infant.

The report said Blackwater helicopters also had fired - a finding the company denies. The Defense Ministry said 20 Iraqis were killed, considerably higher than the 11 dead reported before.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the shooting was "the seventh of its kind" involving Blackwater "and these violations should be dealt with."

"We will not tolerate the killing of our citizens in cold blood," al-Maliki said. "The work of this company has been stopped in order to know the reasons."

Al-Maliki said Blackwater's version of the events "is not accurate" and that U.S. diplomats could use the services of other security companies.

"Our information is that there was a violation,'" he said. "We moved to form a committee to reveal to the world whether those killed were armed or innocent."
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Blackwater spokeswoman Anne E. Tyrrell said in a statement late Monday that "Blackwater's independent contractors acted lawfully and appropriately in response to a hostile attack in Baghdad on Sunday."

"The `civilians' reportedly fired upon by Blackwater professionals were in fact armed enemies and Blackwater personnel returned defensive fire," she said. "Blackwater regrets any loss of life but this convoy was violently attacked by armed insurgents, not civilians, and our people did their job to defend human life."

Well you got to admit, if it turns out, indeed, they had no other choice than to kill an Iraqi couple with their infant -- that's a pretty wacky way of "defending human life."

Brown baby or not, a baby is a baby is a baby. And no matter your religion or political preferences, nobody wants to see more dead babies ... right?