Did I miss something? Has it been proven that Blackwater contractors are trigger happy goons who go on shooting sprees, slaughtering innocent civilians?

No? It’s still being investigated, you say?

Then how the hell is Agence France Presse allowed to throw all the rules of responsible journalism out the window? Rice’s low-key agents stalk trigger-happy armed guards in Iraq.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Aided by radio and video links, a little known enforcement arm of the US State Department is to stalk the guards of American private security firm Blackwater in Baghdad after their trigger happy ways anger Iraqis.

Agents from the diplomatic security bureau, whose current duties range from protecting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to running a reward program to catch terror mastermind Osama bin laden, are being sent to Baghdad to rein in Blackwater’s armed guards, officials said.

Rice ordered the move Friday following a probe into a September 16 incident in which staff of Blackwater, tasked with guarding US diplomats and dignitaries in Baghdad, went on a shooting spree in the Iraqi capital, killing at least 10 innocent Iraqis.