The Daily Kos has once again picked up an important story that the mainstream media has chose to ignore. Blackwater USA, the private army being paid billions of dollars to participate in the Iraq war with little oversight from the government, is suing the families of deceased American contractors (essentially private soldiers). Why would they do such a horrible thing? Because those families demanded answers about the circumstances surrounding their loved ones' deaths.

Blackwater USA has hired some of the most powerful scumbag lawyers in the country to attack these grieving families, including Kenneth Starr. The families have turned to the grassroots media, such as this site, to publicize what is happening to them. The government is not on their side, because it has too much invested in Blackwater USA, including many former top-level employees.

Write your congressman and tell him or her that we need legislation that will stomp Blackwater USA and companies like it out of existence. The only reason these companies exist is because they require none of the official acts of war or other "technicalities" that the public military requires. Their soldiers are paid salaries many times higher than a soldier in the US Army or Marines, and they get body armor that will actually protect them from enemy fire. Remember, they are hired by the US government, so those are US tax dollars being spent to circumvent our military system.
Daily Kos: Updated: Blackwater Suing Families of Fallujah Victims