It was sometime between 3:30 and 4:30 in the morning in McLean , Virginia , when Erik Prince got the call . Blackwater sent men to Falluja on March 31 , 2004 . The men were ambushed and fatally shot . The bodies were burned , buried , dragged through the street and thrown from a helicopter . The men 's deaths sparked a U.S. military raid on the Iraqi city .
Blackwater sent men to Falluja on March 31 , 2004 . The men were ambushed and fatally shot . The bodies were burned , buried , dragged through the street and thrown from a helicopter . The men 's deaths sparked a U.S. military raid on the Iraqi city .