[1] The four armed contractors—Scott Helvenston, Jerry Zovko, Wesley Batalona and Mike Teague—were killed and dragged from their vehicles.
Their bodies were beaten, burned, dragged through the city streets, and hung from a Euphrates River bridge.
[2] Photos of the event, showing jubilant Iraqis posing with the charred corpses, were released to news agencies worldwide, which caused a great deal of indignation in the United States.
Intelligence reports concluded that the attack was planned by Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi.
[6] al-Isawi was held for a time by the United States intelligence community, including at Camp Schwedler.