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Blackwater license being pulled in Iraq
Associated Press ^ | Sep 17, 2007 | BASSEM MROUE

Posted on 09/17/2007 4:34:26 AM PDT by decimon

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1 posted on 09/17/2007 4:34:27 AM PDT by decimon
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One minute later, we heard the sound of a bomb explosion followed by gunfire that lasted for 20 minutes between gunmen and the convoy

IED followed by attempted ambush of the convoy.

What's the problem? Sombodys "cousin" was in the ambush with the bad guys and got aired out?

2 posted on 09/17/2007 4:39:10 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki late Sunday condemned the shooting by a "foreign security company" and called it a "crime."

Of course this begs the question why Blackwater et al are needed to protect U.S. State Dept. convoys, as this incident clearly demonstrates.

Fine, replace them with official U.S. military ops teams, train them to do force protection and force protection only, pay them the private contractor rate, and see the results change. Maybe, maybe not.

3 posted on 09/17/2007 4:43:45 AM PDT by angkor ("Everyone is super stoked on me, even if they don't know it." - Al Gore, South Park 10.6)
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To: TLI

Keep in mind this is an AP story.


4 posted on 09/17/2007 4:44:39 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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<< a bomb explosion followed by gunfire that lasted for 20 minutes between gunmen and the convoy people >>

Methinks they were just doing their job. The message is, if terrorists dress like civilians you can’t shoot at them even if they blow up your vehicle. What cowardice.


5 posted on 09/17/2007 4:48:17 AM PDT by cantweall
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"..The Interior Ministry said Monday that it was pulling the license of an American security firm.."

Pay them more money.

6 posted on 09/17/2007 4:53:04 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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There are so many holes in this story that it’s worthless.


7 posted on 09/17/2007 4:54:41 AM PDT by Sarajevo (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.)
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The message is, if terrorists dress like civilians you can’t shoot at them even if they blow up your vehicle.

And if civilians dress as military as with Blackwater?

8 posted on 09/17/2007 4:54:50 AM PDT by decimon
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There are so many holes in this story that it’s worthless.

That could rightly be said of every story.

9 posted on 09/17/2007 4:56:02 AM PDT by decimon
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I thought Blackwater was protecting the whole Iraqi upper echelon?

By kicking out Blackwater, they might be cutting their own throats, literally.

10 posted on 09/17/2007 5:03:22 AM PDT by ryan71 (I refuse to label anything I post, "sarcasm".)
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You are correct about that, but this one is so poorly written and makes many assumptions that are blatantly false. The reporter should be b*tch-slapped.
11 posted on 09/17/2007 5:03:36 AM PDT by Sarajevo (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.)
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That could rightly be said of every story.

Certainly every AP story.

12 posted on 09/17/2007 5:05:31 AM PDT by Sal (My "good" Senator Kyl exposed himself as a Grand Betrayer, corrupt to the core!)
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I thought Blackwater was protecting the whole Iraqi upper echelon?

If so then there are other contractors to replace Blackwater.

13 posted on 09/17/2007 5:05:46 AM PDT by decimon
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To: Sal
Certainly every AP story.

Of which news services do you approve? Should FR be all vanities?

14 posted on 09/17/2007 5:08:32 AM PDT by decimon
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And if civilians dress as military as with Blackwater?

That's been my question all along. I'm not comfortable with a private firm doing what the military ought to be doing.

15 posted on 09/17/2007 5:08:44 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (I made a prank call...pretended I was a mime.)
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"Of course this begs the question why Blackwater et al are needed to protect U.S. State Dept. convoys, as this incident clearly demonstrates."

Because the military is already stretched very thin.

16 posted on 09/17/2007 5:11:28 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (in the halls of Valhalla...)
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To: Sal; decimon

You can’t spell crAP without AP.


17 posted on 09/17/2007 5:12:02 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

Just to bring the point local, if you get assaulted, should you not be able to fight back and shoot your assailant, unless you are wearing a police uniform?


18 posted on 09/17/2007 5:13:19 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy
I'm not comfortable with a private firm doing what the military ought to be doing.

Their status always seems iffy to me. I recall discussions of private contractors in "the geographical entity formerly known as Yugoslavia" with many considering then to be nothing but Beltway Bandits.

19 posted on 09/17/2007 5:14:41 AM PDT by decimon
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You can’t spell crAP without AP.

What then is your non-crappy news source?

20 posted on 09/17/2007 5:16:02 AM PDT by decimon
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