The Iraqi solution for Blackwater

The highly corrupt and militia infiltrated Iraqi Interior Ministry suggests that State Dept and CIA send its employees out with Iraqis who are connected enough to get approval from it.

The document concludes that the dozens of foreign security companies here should be replaced by Iraqi companies, and that a law that has given the companies immunity for years be scrapped.

Meanwhile, a Maliki aide hinted that the US could buy its way out.

The aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation into Sunday's incident was ongoing, said a way out of the Blackwater crisis could be the payment of compensation to victims' families and an agreement from all sides on a new set of ground rules for their operations in Iraq.

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