Grand Jury Calls Guards —but Not Shooters

A federal grand jury investigating the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security guards has called guards who were present at the September incident to testify—but not the five who admit firing their weapons, sources told ABC News. Twelve other guards were said to be present at the Baghdad intersection at the time. In State Department testimony obtained by ABC News, guards have given conflicting accounts.

 At least one said he saw no threat to the convoy; another other said he saw "multiple" Iraqi police firiing AK-47s, "impacting the left side of my vehicle." One shooter said he was engaged in small arms fire from a red bus stopped at the intersection. "I engaged the individuals and stopped the threat," he said. An FBI investigation concluded that all but three of the 17 shootings were unjustified.