DefenseLINK News: U.S. Firm Mourns Slain Employees: "According to news reports, three of the contractors were Scott Helvenston, Jerko 'Jerry' Zovko and Michael Teague. All are reportedly U.S. military veterans. The name of the fourth victim has not been made public.
Blackwater spokesman Steve Capace acknowledged today that that company would not release the victims' names and noted that the media had obtained information from families and other sources.
Capace pointed out that Blackwater has established a memorial fund for the deceased contractors.
During an April 1 Coalition Provisional Authority press conference in Baghdad, CPA chief spokesman Dan Senor told reporters that Blackwater had a government contract to provide security for CPA administrator Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III.
'They are involved with protecting Ambassador Bremer,' Senor remarked, adding, 'They are, obviously, not the only institution that is involved with his security.'
The four contractors were attacked by insurgents while escorting a food convoy driving through the restive town of Fallujah. After being killed, the contractors' bodies were horrifically debased by an irate Iraqi crowd.
Although U.S. forces didn't immediately respond to what Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt cited as 'bestial' treatment of the contractors, the general told reporters at the April 1 briefing that 'we will be back in Fallujah.'"
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