The Iraqis take it out on Blackwater

I have this feeling that this Blackwater incident is being used by the Maliki government as a way to condemn American violence without ruffling any feathers that matter. (After all, they don't care if they offend the doormat State Dept.)

Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with Blackwater USA within six months and pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed when the firm's guards sprayed a traffic circle with heavy machine gun fire last month.

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