The Army Times is reporting that private military contractors have used in at least one instance a controversial new form of firepower in Iraq that is still barred for use by the military The armor-piercing bullet can be fired from a gun but it has far more power than any conventional gun ammunition. A contractor recently fired a shot at the buttocks of an Iraqi man from a distance of 100 yards. According to the contractor “It entered his butt and completely destroyed everything in the lower left section of his stomach … everything was torn apart.” Since the ammunition is still not allowed by the military, the contractor would have been court martial if he were enlisted. But no rules appear to apply for military contractors.