Blackwater booted out of Iraq

Blackwater, the shady US private security force, is being kicked out of Iraq after shooting 8 innocent Iraqis from a convoy. If only we could have the courage to boot them out of the US too.

from the New York Times

BAGHDAD, Sept. 17 — The Iraqi government said it had revoked the license of Blackwater USA, a private security company that provides protection for American diplomats across Iraq, after shots fired from an American convoy killed eight Iraqis.

Abdul-Karim Khalaf, a spokesman for Iraq’s Ministry of Interior, said the authorities had canceled the company’s license and barred its activity across Iraq. He said the government would prosecute the deaths, though according to the rules that govern private contractors, it was not clear whether the Iraqis had the legal authority to do so.

also Freespeech TV has a good video on the subject of Blackwater.