Iračani hočejo iz države vreči Blackwater, potem ko je v streljanju bilo ubitih enajst civilistov. Maliki je izjavil:

“This company should be punished. We are not going to allow it to kill Iraqis in cold blood.”

Videli bomo, če jim bo to uspelo.

Sicer je v Iraku ogromno plačancev, o čemer sem že pisal, tako da je škoda dodatnih besed. To je druga, dokaj skrita vojska, ki je prav tako pomembna za okupacijo kot redne oborožene sile in ker je pomembna, se bodo Američani na vse načine branili, da bi bil zdaj en del teh pomožnih sil izgnan iz Iraka.

Yahoo News sicer poroča o 180000 teh plačancih:

More than 180,000 Americans, Iraqis, and nationals from other countries work under a slew of federal contracts to provide security, gather intelligence, build roads, forge a financial system, and transport needed supplies in a country the size of California.

That figure contrasts with the 163,100 U.S. military personnel, according to U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla., the organization responsible for military operations in the Middle East. The Pentagon puts the military figure at 169,000. There are another 12,400 coalition forces in Iraq.