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Iraqi Panel wants firm to pay $8 million per death

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

So their govt is doing absolutely nothing about the daily explosions by their own people in the civilian markets and squares. Blackwater, one can argue they used too much force, but they had to defend themselves from being slained like the first incident when four guys were killed and dragged through the streets.

I find it outrageous that they want to prosecute Blackwater guys and at the same time pass laws to pardon fighters who have targeted US troops. If they continue w/ their shenanigans, Congress will vote for troop pullout. The result will be these asses will flee their country and come to the US for asylam because the militias would kill them all. As the saying goes, power corrupts.

posted by Mercy Now @ 10:11 PM