Just in on CNN... Contractors were fired on by gunmen, and responding

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

the Police killed the gunmen.

[thedailyshow]

1. what gives?

is it the police that shot at the contractors or the gunmen?

[tridim]

2. Who were the "gunmen"?

Blackwater?

[leetrisck]

6. Everyone seems determined to get Blackwater

involved in this - THEY AREN'T

[tridim]

12. I read earlier in the week that they were being used

Was that BS?

[KittyWampus]

18. News report says otherwise. Please provide link disproving this

[clydefrand]

Who or what is Blackwater?

[kerryin2004]

10. They're a private army being used in Iraq heavily.

http://www.blackwaterusa.com/

[lindashaw]

14. Some call them mercenaries.

[clydefrand]

8. Dupe deleted

[jaxx]

3. sounds like bs to me

The bad guys shot at the contractors and then the good guys shot the bad guys? I can't believe anything anymore.

[Tyranny_R_US]

4. *whew*

Glad they spun that fast for a moment I almost thought the NOPD were blood thirsty idiots

[arwalden]

5. Ohhhh..... so that explains it. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[Jeanette in FL]

13. Those were my thoughts exactly

Nothing is real any more.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. I don't trust this one bit. It sounds like it might be a cover-up. nt

[me b zola]

19. That was my first thought.

They have to have a boogie-man, after all.

Their latest version doesn't even make sense. As a matter of fact, this entire myth that there are armed "gangs" roaming the streets shooting at people doesn't make any sense.

It is entirely believable that there have been incidents of violence. But "armed gangs shooting indiscriminately at people"----I just don't buy that.

[stray cat]

9. If the contractors are still alive then there is no cover up

It would be hard to cover up the death of contractors with family members outside of NO.

[clydefrand]

11. We have a dear friend who volunteers in Search and Rescue

I'm very afraid for him to go anywhere near that place. He said last night that it would probably be recovering bodies more than a rescue mission.

[Wilber_Stool]

15. And how would these

gunmen get away on a bridge?

[gatorboy]

17. And if the NG were already there guarding the engineers,

How could "gunmen" even be given a chance to shoot at them?

[BootinUp]

16. Were the gunmen sitting down at the time?

Can't wait for the next version of the story.