Monday April 7, 2008, 5:02 pm
uh oh... al-Maliki will have pissed someone off with his statements, hope he has good security surrounding him

Monday April 7, 2008, 5:08 pm
Noted. Thanks Mark.

Monday April 7, 2008, 5:30 pm
Thats WHY Blackwater got their contract renewed!Killing 17 civilians for example while protecting a USA Diplomatis sure is proof of the safety,reliability and competence of these guys-the proof is in the eating of the pudding!.

Monday April 7, 2008, 5:37 pm
...And why should the Iraqi´s have a say as after all they are still an occupied country!!.Going along with the word game-thats not private security thats Mercenaries.

Monday April 7, 2008, 6:15 pm

The Iraqis don't like al-Maliki, why should we?

Thanks again Mark.

Monday April 7, 2008, 6:29 pm
Somehow I think the point was lost here ...the Baghdad government should have made the decision whether Blackwater were allowed another contract not the US State department..

Monday April 7, 2008, 7:22 pm
Yeah, but the Baghdad gov't. is only a subsidiary of USA Inc. anyway.

If they exercise some independence we'll just have to install some new puppets.

Monday April 7, 2008, 7:37 pm
Aren't we supposed to be letting the Iraqi government start making their own choices and stand on their own feet? These men have no rules to follow (not that our govenment plays by the rules), I would not want them in my country either.