ˌɔn mˈɑːɹtʃ θˈɜːɾi wˈʌn, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹ, fˈoːɹ blˈækwɔːɾɚ sᵻkjˈʊɹɹᵻɾi kəntɹˈæktɚz wɜː kˈɪld ɪn ɐn ˈæmbʊʃ ɪn fˈɔːluːdʒə, ɐ sˈɪɾi wˈɛst ʌv bæɡdˈæd, wˌaɪl pɹətˈɛktɪŋ ɐn ˌiːˌɛsˈɛs kˈɑːnvɔɪ ɑːn ɹˈuːt tʊ ɐ flˈʊɹ kənstɹˈʌkʃən sˈaɪt ˈɛlswɛɹ.
On March 31, 2004, four Blackwater security contractors were killed in an ambush in Fallujah, a city west of Baghdad, while protecting an ESS convoy en route to a Fluor construction site elsewhere.