Re: Couric weighs in on Iraq

I think everybody in the U.S. has wised up about the war and the Bush administration by now. The soldiers in the field have served multiple tours, their families have endured repeated absences of their family members, many have been returned home either maimed for life or dead, the loss of our constitutional freedoms under the guise of "security" and all the money (459 BILLION so far) has not produced an end to this madness. The soldiers themselves are complaining about the security contractors.

The rest of the world is also watching the Bush administration tare America apart (they probably feel we're getting our "just deserves").
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About This Video (the author of this video wrote this about Blackwater).

A defiant Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince said ...
A defiant Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince said yesterday he will not allow Iraqi authorities to arrest his contractors and try them in Iraq's faulty justice system.

"We will not let our people be taken by the Iraqis," Mr. Prince told editors and reporters at The Washington Times. At least 17 of 20 Blackwater guards being investigated for their roles in a Sept. 16 shooting incident are still in a secure compound in Baghdad's Green Zone and carrying out limited duties.

"In an ideal sense, if there was wrongdoing, there could be a trial brought in the Iraqi court system. But that would imply that there is a valid Iraqi court system where Westerners could get a fair trial. That is not the case right now," said Mr. Prince.
Added: October 19, 2007

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About This Video


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...


Can you even pict...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21163806/...

Can you even picture such a thing?
War is chaos.


{Oct. 15, 2007 issue - The colonel was furious. "Can you believe it? They actually drew their weapons on U.S. soldiers." He was describing a 2006 car accident, in which an SUV full of Blackwater operatives had crashed into a U.S. Army Humvee on a street in Baghdad's Green Zone. The colonel, who was involved in a follow-up investigation and spoke on the condition he not be named, said the Blackwater guards disarmed the U.S. Army soldiers and made them lie on the ground at gunpoint until they could disentangle the SUV. His account was confirmed by the head of another private security company. Asked to address this and other allegations in this story, Blackwater spokesperson Anne Tyrrell said, "This type of gossip has led to many soap operas in the press."
*cut and paste off Nesweek article*
Added: October 14, 2007


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About This Video

The Iraqi government will file criminal charges...
The Iraqi government will file criminal charges against employees of U.S. security firm Blackwater who are blamed for a gun battle in Baghdad in which civilians were killed, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said Sunday.

It is unclear how Iraqi courts will attempt to bring the contractors to trial. A July report from the Congressional Research Service said the Iraqi government has no authority over private security firms contracted by the U.S. government.

The Iraqi government claims that as many as 20 civilians were killed by the private contractors, who were guarding a U.S. diplomatic convoy.

Iraqi officials, who claim the shootings were unprovoked, dispute the U.S. claim that the guards were responding to an attack and said on Saturday they had a videotape that showed the Blackwater guards opened fire without provocation.
Added: September 23, 2007


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BBC WORLD REPORT October 8,2007.

Nobody knows exactly how many contractors are in Iraq (our tax money at work).

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/faqs/


http://www.chris-floyd.com/fallujah/contract/


http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=35753



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