RADIO LOGS
A summary of radio logs from Blackwater Worldwide indicating that a convoy of security guards, Raven 23, reported being under fire in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square. Raven 23 is the convoy involved in the fatal shooting of 17 civilians. Raven 4 refers to a separate convoy escorting a U.S. diplomat. Raven 22 is a convoy dispatched to join Raven 4 after a car bombing.
1159 – Blackwater convoy Raven 4, protecting US diplomat, reports car bombing
1200 – Blackwater convoy Raven 22 exits Green Zone checkpoint 12 to escort Raven 4
1210 – Raven 22 and Raven 4 depart for Green Zone
1211 – Raven 23 secures Nisoor Square
1212 – Raven 23 reports multiple insurgent small arms fire
1213 – Blackwater air support advised of small arms fire at Nisoor Square. Raven 23 reports Iraqi police shooting at convoy
1214 – Raven 23 ordered back to Green Zone checkpoint 2
1216 – Raven 23 reports command vehicle disabled, no injuries
1218 – Raven 23 begins towing out disabled command vehicle, still being engaged by unspecified enemy
1220 – Raven 22 advised of Raven 23 shooting at Nisoor Square. Green Zone checkpoint 12 closed.
1220 – Raven 23 in traffic, still taking sporadic small arms fire