Thread: Blackwater kicked out of Iraq!

MOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 28 -- The Iraqi government has informed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide, the embassy's primary security company, which has come under scrutiny for allegedly using excessive force while protecting American diplomats, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Iraq's Interior Ministry conveyed its decision to U.S. officials in Baghdad on Friday, in one of the boldest moves the government has made since the Jan. 1 implementation of a security agreement with the United States that sharply curbed American power in Iraq.

The officials said Blackwater must leave the country as soon as a joint Iraqi-U.S. committee finishes drawing up guidelines for private contractors under the security agreement. It is unclear how long that will take. Blackwater employees and other U.S. contractors had been immune from prosecution under Iraqi law.

Iraq to Deny New License To Blackwater Security Firm - washingtonpost.com

Originally Posted by nonsqtr

MOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 28 -- The Iraqi government has informed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide, the embassy's primary security company, which has come under scrutiny for allegedly using excessive force while protecting American diplomats, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Iraq's Interior Ministry conveyed its decision to U.S. officials in Baghdad on Friday, in one of the boldest moves the government has made since the Jan. 1 implementation of a security agreement with the United States that sharply curbed American power in Iraq.

The officials said Blackwater must leave the country as soon as a joint Iraqi-U.S. committee finishes drawing up guidelines for private contractors under the security agreement. It is unclear how long that will take. Blackwater employees and other U.S. contractors had been immune from prosecution under Iraqi law.

Iraq to Deny New License To Blackwater Security Firm - washingtonpost.com

Want to bet this will change. Hear about all the political candidate getting murdered?

Originally Posted by michaelr

Want to bet this will change. Hear about all the political candidate getting murdered?

It won't change other than the name of the contract company. 2 are already in line and operating in Iraq. Dynocorp and Triple Umbrella or some shit. Don't remember the name.

Despite what the Pentagon is doing, Iraq won't allow BWater in the country 72 hours past the cut-off date.

DynCorp International - Careers

Big money but I'll bet the local nightlife sucks.

Good riddance. Those people were a bunch of common thugs.

Blackwater decided they wanted to play by their own rules and ignore the locals. But Iraq has decided to enforce its sovreignty and Blackwater failed to take that into account. The Iraqi's are only doing what is in their best interest and if Blackwater wants to continue to operate elsewhere in the world, they will have to follow the hosts nations laws or they will quickly find that they will not be welcome much of anywhere.

Originally Posted by SgtPaul

Blackwater decided they wanted to play by their own rules and ignore the locals. But Iraq has decided to enforce its sovreignty and Blackwater failed to take that into account. The Iraqi's are only doing what is in their best interest and if Blackwater wants to continue to operate elsewhere in the world, they will have to follow the hosts nations laws or they will quickly find that they will not be welcome much of anywhere.

Iraq has no sovereignty, if they did they would kick our asses out. They have a puppet government.