The Blotter: Brian Ross Investigates

Blackwater Machine Gun Found in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents

An M4 machine gun sent to Iraq by the Blackwater private security firm somehow disappeared from the company's storage facility in Baghdad and was later discovered during a US military operation, apparently against suspected insurgents, people familiar with the situation have told ABC News. The incident, in 2006, has been kept secret until now but it raised more questions about Blackwater's operations in Iraq. Allegations that Blackwater shipped weapons and silencers to Iraq without proper...Full Story
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