Iraq demands Blackwater ouster

Iraq demands Blackwater ouster

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BAGHDAD - Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with Blackwater USA within six months and pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed when the firm's guards sprayed a traffic circle with heavy machine gun fire last month.

The demands — part of an Iraqi government report examined by The Associated Press — also called on U.S. authorities to hand over the Blackwater security agents involved in the Sept. 16 shootings to face....

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And why not? If the Iraq government is do maintain the charade of soviernty, they should indeed simply declare Blackwater adn its henchment persona non grata and eject them from the country no matter what the US does. But since its a puppet government will it happen? Not likely IMHO.

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