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Mark Benner of Anton writes:

The Iraqi government is currently demanding an end to Blackwater’s presence in their country. The Iraqi investigation into the incident which happened last month has concluded the Blackwater forces were unprovoked. Blackwater security forces killed seventeen innocent civilians. Blackwater has also been involved in other questionable actions over the past four years. The Iraqi’s are demanding monetary compensation from Blackawater and that the personnel involved be tried in Iraqi courts.
Bush went out of his way as the U.S. invasion of Iraq began to establish “laws” that made U.S. troops and the army of private contractors planned to siphon off tax dollars in the corrupt rebuilding process “immune” for any crimes they may commit. The Iraqi government says the Blackwater license expired a year ago and any claims to immunity due to their security force status are no longer valid.
For months Bush and congress have claimed the Iraqi’s are a sovereign. government and the reason U.S. forces remain in Iraq is to provide security so the Iraqi government can operate. Now Bush says there will be no decision made on the Blackwater incident until after a U.S. investigation is complete. This impasse once again begs the question of who is really in charge in Iraq and what Bush’s true motives in Iraq are.

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I am baffled: Why at 24% is W. Bush's rating so high? Bush believes what the D.C. reveals, reminding of the mercenary Hessians sent by King George and Blackwater sent by Imperialist W. George in which both Georges get the s**tstorm stomped out of them as revealed in kids getting "their heads blown off for the President's amusement," member - Rep. Pete Stark, to wit: (W. belief)

Deicide Corner: "Those with the power to elect presidents and congressmen--and many who themselves get elected--believe that dinosaurs lived two by two upon Noah's Ark, that light from distant galaxies was created en route to the Earth and that the first members of our species were fashioned out of dirt and divine breath, in a garden with a talking snake, by the hand of an invisible God.

This is embarrassing. But add to this comedy of false certainties the fact that 44 percent of Americans are confident that Jesus will return to Earth sometime in the next fifty years, and you will glimpse the terrible liability of this sort of thinking.

In a world brimming with increasingly destructive technology, our infatuation with religous myths now poses a tremendous danger." Sam Harris

If Iraq truly is a democracy and a functioning government, then we will abide by their wishes. Otherwise it will be apparent to all the world that they are our puppet and an occupied country.

Be interesting to see how this ends.

I say lets do some real investigation in to the scandal of harry reid, and his 41 buddies who have nothing better to do that wirte a letter about a private citizen and complain that he said something bad all of which were pure lies by harry. why is nobody upset that the liberals are so willing to take away a person free speech?

FREE SPEECH: Bush (PHONY AIRMAN). 40+ years AWOL, deserter, and guilty of illegal separation and discharge. PHONY SOLDIER: USSC Affirmative Action (AA) Alito. UCMJ-felon, AWOL, deserter and guilty of illegal separation and discharge. Mitt Romney (PHONY HIGH LOTTERY MILITARY DRAFT NUMBER). NAM broke-out, Mitt broke for France and his Mormon mission. An illegal religious draft deferment. Mitt, AA Alito, and Bush should be serving 3 years in feederal prison.

TRUTH COPS: Caplis, Lim(P)baugh, O'Riles, Hannity, Gunny Newman, Andrews, Newman, Kristol, C. Thomas, etc., lack the BACkBONE it takes to investigate and report on these 3 felons. Heck, pretend they are the "Crips and Bloods".

"I say lets do some real investigation in to the scandal of harry reid, and his 41 buddies who have nothing better to do that wirte a letter about a private citizen and complain that he said something bad all of which were pure lies by harry. why is nobody upset that the liberals are so willing to take away a person free speech?"

Where was all this anger from the far right when the Republicans were wasting Congress's time with Moveon.org?

Rush Limbaugh is a lying fat tub of turds, and his followers are gutless morons of the first order.

"I say lets do some real investigation in to the scandal of harry reid..."

So THAT'S why the Iraqis want Blackwater out of the country! Leave it to the anonyMOUSE to clear it all up.

Sharon B,

I hope I live that long.

From Whitewater to Blackwater. At least the folks in Whitewater didn`t gun down citizens.

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