When a drunken Andrew Moonen of Seattle pulled out his Blackwater-issued Glock on Christmas Eve 2006 and shot an Iraqi vice presidential guard to death in Baghdad, it was for no reason, claims a lawsuit filed yesterday in California. Blackwater, the quasi-military/mercenary force now going by the name of Xe, then tried to cover up the shooting and later destroyed evidence, according to a copy of the suit, which seeks unspecified damages from Moonen, Xe and Xe chairman Erik Prince, who resigned this month.Moonen, now of Montana, is also facing a possible criminal indictment by U.S. prosecutors for the death of security guard Raheem Khalaf Sa’adoon, 32. He has claimed he shot in self defense. His Seattle attorney, Stewart Riley, today said “the lawsuit was predictable.” He had no comment on the case, or the status of the potential U.S. case against his client. D.C. attorney Susan L. Burke, who is representing the family of the slain guard, calls the shooting “senseless” and “part of a pattern of illegal Xe – Blackwater shootings.” According to the suit, Blackwater employees destroyed documents and other evidence relating to the Moonen shooting as well as other legal proceedings. Xe had no comment today, but, as SW reported two years ago, the company quietly fired Moonen after the shooting, sent him home without his Christmas bonus, and offered to pay the guard’s family full damages, then reneged.