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Article: Testimony from families of fallen creates high pitch of emotion.
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2007
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Byline: Joanne Kimberlin
Feb. 8--WASHINGTON -- Two mothers. One wife. A daughter. Forged by loss, united by anger, the women of Fallujah were a powerful presence at Wednesday's congressional hearing. Elbow to elbow, they sat clutching Kleenex, facing a committee of dark-suited politicians, chins lifted to a battery of news cameras and an overflow crowd. Once -- before March 31, 2004 -- they lived behind the scenes. That changed when an Iraqi mob killed Blackwater USA security contractors Scott Helvenston, Jerry Zovko, Wesley Batalona and Mike Teague, dragged their burn ed bodies through the streets and hung them from a bridge. Since then, they have ...